In a sophisticated commercial agreement drawn with legal advice, the deliberate use of defined terms is not to be lightly passed over, even where the definition clause provides that the context may require a different meaning. Where a gas sales agreement defines 'Griffin Gas' as gas produced and made available for delivery, a total cessation of production due to force majeure means no gas meets the definition, and a Pipeline Demand Charge calculated by reference to that defined term remains payable. The Pipeline Demand Charge is an 'obligation to make any payment due' excluded from the suspension operation of a force majeure clause.
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