default

default
[[t]dɪfɔ͟ːlt[/t]]
defaults, defaulting, defaulted
(Pronounced [[t]di͟ːfɔːlt[/t]] for meaning 2.)
1) VERB If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. [LEGAL]

[V on n] The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans...

[V on n] The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of ₤40 million.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N prep, in N
Default is also a noun.

The corporation may be charged with default on its contract with the government... The creditors haven't declared them in default.

2) ADJ: ADJ n A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it.

Sometimes he simply keyed in default passwords installed on commercial machines and left unaltered by buyers...

Death, not life, is the default state of cells.

3) PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. [FORMAL]

Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance...

I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

4) PHR-PREP: PREP n/-ing If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible. [FORMAL]

Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • default — de·fault /di fȯlt, dē ˌfȯlt/ n [Anglo French defalte defaute lack, fault, failure to answer a summons, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de , intensive prefix + faillir to fail] 1: failure to do something required by duty (as under a… …   Law dictionary

  • Default — De*fault , n. [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. d[ e]faut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de + fallere to deceive. See {Fault}.] 1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Default — may refer to: Default (law), the failure to do something required by law Default judgment Default (finance), failure to satisfy the terms of a loan obligation or to pay back a loan Default (computer science), a preset setting or value Default… …   Wikipedia

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  • default — [dē fôlt′, difôlt′] n. [ME < OFr defaute < VL * defallita, pp. of * defallere, to lack < L de , away + fallere, to FAIL] 1. failure to do something or be somewhere when required or expected; specif., a) failure to pay money due b)… …   English World dictionary

  • Default — De*fault , v. t. 1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. [1913 Webster] What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To call a defendant or other party… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Default — De*fault , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaulting}.] 1. To fail in duty; to offend. [1913 Webster] That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • default — [n] failure; want absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight …   New thesaurus

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