nonpaying

/ nɒnˈpeɪɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of guests, customers, etc) not expected or requested to pay

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles landlords asked the court to decide “whether an eviction moratorium depriving property owners of the fundamental right to exclude nonpaying tenants effects a physical taking.”

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“In March 2020, the city of Los Angeles adopted one of the most onerous eviction moratoria in the country, stripping property owners ... of their right to exclude nonpaying tenants,” they told the court in GHP Management Corporation vs.

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The company in 2022 estimated that more than 100 million nonpaying households were using its service.

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Another sign of exasperation: Starbucks, long the default public bathroom for American cities, will close its restrooms to nonpaying customers in an attempt to deter homeless populations.

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These organizations, whose missions include bringing and keeping people off the street, have begun to evict nonpaying tenants to bring in paying ones.

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