Definitions for "Late Payment"
Keywords:  grace, triggers, dissuaded, due, date
A delinquent payment or failure to deliver a loan or debt payment on or before the time agreed. Late payments harm your credit score for up to 7 years and are usually penalized with late payment charges.
Most credit card bills list the date by which payments are due. If you miss the due date, the account is considered past due and you may be charged a late fee. Late payments may be reflected on your credit report. If you have paid late numerous times, it may be difficult to get additional credit.
A payment made after the grace period stipulated in the note, usually 10-15days.
Keywords:  discouraged, tackle, moment, bad, thing
a bad thing and should be discouraged, but there are other ways to tackle the problem, to which I shall turn in a moment
Keywords:  serious, event
a serious event for us
Keywords:  cancel, valid, reason, policy, company
a valid reason for a company to cancel your policy