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nonrenew

nonrenew verb: not to renew; to discontinue or terminate.

Verb

nonrenew (third-person singular simple present nonrenews, present participle nonrenewing, simple past and past participle nonrenewed)

  1. Not to renew; to discontinue or terminate.
    • One possible interpretation is that when a carrier stops writing new business, it has discretion about whether to nonrenew existing business, but if it does choose to nonrenew, it must nonrenew all existing business.1998, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health, Implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Hearing... (volume 4, page 145)

Forms of nonrenew

third-person singular presentnonrenews
present participlenonrenewing
past participlenonrenewed
pastnonrenewed

Origin of nonrenew

From non- + renew.

Questions about nonrenew

What does nonrenew mean?
Nonrenew means not to renew; to discontinue or terminate.
What part of speech is nonrenew?
Nonrenew is a verb.
What is the past tense of nonrenew?
The past tense of nonrenew is nonrenewed.

Words near nonrenew in the dictionary

  1. nonremuneration
  2. nonremunerative
  3. nonrenal
  4. nonrendition
  5. nonrenegotiable
  6. nonrenew
  7. nonrenewability
  8. nonrenewable
  9. nonrenewables
  10. nonrenewably
  11. nonrenewal

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