| 单词 | default |
| 释义 | default (dɪfɔːlt ) Word forms: defaults, defaulting , defaulted pronunciation note: Pronounced (diːfɔːlt ) for meanings [sense 2] and , [sense 3]. 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. [law] The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans. [VERB + on] The company defaulted on its initial payment of £40 million. [VERB on noun] 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. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it. ...default passwords installed on commercial machines. Death, not life, is the default state of cells. 3. uncountable noun The default is a particular set of instructions which a computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. [computing] The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose. ...default settings. 4. by default phrase If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. [formal] Premium-rate numbers are often barred by mobile phone networks by default. 5. in default of prepositional phrase [PREPOSITION noun/-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. Collocations: corporate default Four years of cheap borrowing and easy refinancing terms have pushed corporate default rates to record lows not seen since the end of 1981. Times, Sunday Times They also monitor stock options volatility, corporate bond yields and a fast-growing market for derivatives that reflects expectations of corporate default. Globe and Mail Stocks have fallen, but the strength in corporate bonds and derivatives that gauge the likelihood of corporate default shows much less fear among investors and lenders than last fall. Globe and Mail Yields are high compared with those on risk-free government bonds, although investors will have to brace themselves for a significant rise in corporate defaults. Times, Sunday Times Overall corporate default rates surged to levels unseen since the 1990 market collapse rising to 6.3% of high yield issuance in 2000 and 8.9% of issuance in 2001. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Respondents cited the spectre of a euro break-up or disorderly debt default among their concerns. Times, Sunday Times Its two-year borrowing costs have surged to 26 per cent and the cost of insuring against a debt default has set records daily. Times, Sunday Times Regulators have not agreed on whether to consider a government debt default. Times, Sunday Times Treasury yields do not currently suggest investors seriously fear a technical debt default. Times, Sunday Times Such policies have proved popular among supporters, many of whom blame neo-liberal reforms for the economic crisis and subsequent debt default of 2001-02. Times, Sunday Times Yet the default assumption of the moment seems to be that nothing can be or will be fixed ever again. Times, Sunday Times It should not be the default assumption that we are all criminals trying to cheat the system. Times, Sunday Times But when lying becomes the modus operandi, when distrust becomes the default assumption, we should take a stand. Times, Sunday Times Ever since, it has been the default assumption of any cynical observer that the cash nexus buys favour. Times, Sunday Times In particular, there has been a recurring suggestion that perhaps reflects people's default assumptions when they see a string of apparently incomprehensible consonants. Times, Sunday Times Why are linen suits still a default choice for men in summer? Times, Sunday Times Drawdown products, which keep pension pots invested but allow income to be taken flexibly, could replace annuities as the default choice for savers. Times, Sunday Times It's not a built-in biological response to danger; it's a choice (sometimes a default choice). Christianity Today Most people stick with a default choice, most commonly a balanced managed fund which invests across a range of assets classes including bonds, shares, property and cash. Times, Sunday Times Sharing a large townhouse in a bustling part of town remains the default choice. Times, Sunday Times It has now removed the default notice from your credit record and has also given you 200 to apologise for the inconvenience. Times, Sunday Times The bank has removed the default notice so you can again apply for a cheaper home loan, and this time you should be more successful. Times, Sunday Times I have been served with a final demand to pay 450 in charges or the bank will issue a default notice. Times, Sunday Times However, by then a default notice had been placed on my credit record. Times, Sunday Times As a result, it said it had received one default notice and expected at least one more. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, people with little or no equity in their homes are more likely to walk away and default on their loan. Times, Sunday Times So beyond having the necessary income to repay what you want to borrow, you may have to prove that you are unlikely to default on your loan. Times, Sunday Times There could not be a worse time to default on a loan: anyone with a less than perfect credit record will find it increasingly difficult - and expensive - to borrow money. Times, Sunday Times This could affect them taking possession of it if there was a default on the loan. Times, Sunday Times We ended up having to withdraw large amounts of money from cash machines to ensure we did not default on the loan. Times, Sunday Times In 2011, when they were in default on their mortgage, the lodge burnt to the ground. Times, Sunday Times There had been a $2 million default on the mortgage of a building that originally cost $1.3 million to build. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Borrowers who have an abundance of liquid assets at the time of closing statistically have lower rates of default on their mortgage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When homeowners began to default on their mortgage payments the bonds were proven to be too risky for investment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More people would have defaulted on their mortgages. Times, Sunday Times Precise introduced threeyear capped tracker-rate loans last week for borrowers with one payment default in the past three years. Times, Sunday Times The credit insurance sector faces grim prospects amid a rise in bankruptcies and a concurrent increase in payment default claims. Times, Sunday Times That's when lenders hit the jackpot: many will withdraw the deal if you default on a payment and leave you with an expensive rate. Times, Sunday Times If you default on any payment, we may take whatever action necessary to recover any unpaid sums. Times, Sunday Times Results focus foremost on economics, specifically sovereign default risk and/or payment default risk for exporters (a.k.a. trade credit risk). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The default position is that UK employment rights remain unchanged. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The English default position is that the Norman conquest was a national tragedy. Times, Sunday Times (2016) For years it was their default position. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The default position is to send young people out of London to residential colleges as far away as Manchester. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The burden would be on him to justify departing from the default rule. Times, Sunday Times Firstly, it sets a default rule which, although one may opt out of it, that workers may work no more than 48 hours per week. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The application of a default rule leads to the addition of its consequence to the theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Practically, limited liability operates only as a default rule for creditors that can adjust their risk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So, the default rule in s. 13(1) works well looking forward, but it creates a huge amount of transaction costs when looking backwards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet his default setting on stage remains a kind of hectoringly personable whimsicality. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Your default setting should be passive. Times, Sunday Times (2016) After two losses in a row, that seemed to be the default setting. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Picking up a book was my default setting. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The default setting of the England rugby fan is knowing condemnation fading to erudite contempt. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The move would trigger a default on the debt by the club. Times, Sunday Times A default of the local bond should not automatically trigger a default on the sovereign bonds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tax revenues may miss targets, leaving a shortfall and triggering a default on debts. Times, Sunday Times This can lead to a credit event triggering a default scenario like in 2010. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不履行 义务, 预设的 义务 Japanese: 債務不履行をする, デフォルトの |
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