non-paying en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + paying.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of nonpaying.
alt of nonpaying
The losses incurred on non-paying sectors of the network have in consequence been appreciably reduced.
1958 August 14, “Closing of the Midland & Great Northern Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 525:Anyone was welcome to ride. And as the train rolled along the backwoods section it picked up countless non-paying passengers from among vacationists and boys from camps.
1940 November, “Notes and News: Railway Operation Ad Lib”, in Railway Magazine, page 611: