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nonpurchase en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + purchase.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not involving a purchase
    • The avoidance of a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest, on the other hand, is limited to those liens on types of property specified. 2003, Pamela Webster, Practical Bankruptcy Law for Paralegals, →ISBN, page 172:

nonpurchase en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + purchase.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A failure to purchase something
    • Notice of nonpurchase could be given at any time between July 6, 1915, and May 3, 1916. 1918, The Federal Reporter:
    • Feedback may take the form of attitude changes, purchases, or nonpurchases. 2012, Louis Boone, David Kurtz, Contemporary Marketing, 2013 Update:
    • But a more extensive approach would be to go beyond product to consider the nonpurchase decision. 2002, Thomas Princen, Confronting Consumption, →ISBN, page 28:

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