English edit

Etymology edit

non- +‎ purchasing

Adjective edit

nonpurchasing (not comparable)

  1. Not purchasing; nonbuying.
    • 2007 January 28, Jay Romano, “Seeing Red Over the Cable Bill”, in New York Times[1]:
      And while a cable company may justify a lower bulk rate for shareholders based upon the co-op’s guarantee of payment (or the co-op’s pledge of some other benefit to the company), Mr. Sokolski said that he doubted that this would be enough to make shareholders and nonpurchasing tenants “dissimilar” as cable subscribers.