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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fault•er (di fôl′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who defaults or fails to fulfill an obligation, esp. a legal or financial one.
- British Terms, Militarya soldier convicted by court-martial.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: defaulter /dɪˈfɔːltə/ n - a person who defaults
- chiefly Brit a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his service
de•fault /dɪˈfɔlt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- failure to act, esp. failure to pay one's debts:to face financial default.
- Sportfailure to appear for or complete a match:progressed into the finals because of his opponent's default.
- Computinga preset value that a computer system assumes or an action that it takes unless it is otherwise instructed:When you start your computer from the A drive, then that is the default for later disk operations.
v. - [no obj] to fail to pay, perform a duty, etc.:The bank had defaulted on that loan.
- Sportto fail to compete in (a contest);
to lose by default: [no obj]:He defaulted and left the tournament.[ ~ + obj]:He defaulted the match and left in disgust.
Idioms- Idioms in default of, for lack of;
in the absence of:In default of a workable plan they decided to proceed on a day-to-day basis.
de•fault•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•fault (di fôlt′),USA pronunciation n. - failure to act;
inaction or neglect:They lost their best client by sheer default. - failure to meet financial obligations.
- Lawfailure to perform an act or obligation legally required, esp. to appear in court or to plead at a time assigned.
- Sportfailure to arrive in time for, participate in, or complete a scheduled match.
- lack;
want;
absence. - Computinga value that a program or operating system assumes, or a course of action that a program or operating system will take, when the user or programmer specifies no overriding value or action.
v.i. - to fail in fulfilling or satisfying an engagement, claim, or obligation.
- to fail to meet financial obligations or to account properly for money in one's care:When he defaulted in his payments, the bank foreclosed on the car.
- Lawto fail to appear in court.
- Sport
- to fail to participate in or complete a match.
- to lose a match by default.
v.t. - to fail to perform or pay:to default a debt.
- to declare to be in default, esp. legally:The judge defaulted the defendant.
- Sport
- to fail to compete in (a scheduled game, race, etc.).
- to lose by default.
- Lawto lose by failure to appear in court.
- Anglo-French defalte, Old French defaute, derivative of defaillir, after faute, faillir. See de-, fault, fail
- Middle English defau(l)te 1175–1225
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