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adjective
(also nonperforming)
UK
US
FINANCE, BANKING
used to describe a loan that is not being paid back in the way that
was agreed:
Banks do not have to declare loans as non-performing for a year after non-
payment of interest.
FINANCE
used to describe a business activity, asset, etc. that is not making
a profit:
They are restructuring and selling off non-performing assets.
EXAMPLES OF NON-PERFORMING
non-performing
The capital budget includes capital for defence, investments in non-performing sectors
like agriculture, and some pure transfer payments.
From Cambridge English Corpus
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