stiff
v.— «The fourth album stiffed, and the band gave up sizable past and future royalties to escape their Wooden Nickel contract and sign with A&M.» —“U.S. Picks Up Styx In A Big Way” by Steve Pond Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 1981. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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