defaulter

de·fault

 (dĭ-fôlt′)

n.

1. Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation: in default on a loan.

2. Law Failure of a party in a case to make a required court appearance.

3. The failure of one or more competitors or teams to participate in a contest: won the championship by default.

4.

a. Computers A particular setting or value for a variable that is assigned automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless canceled or overridden by the operator: changed the default for the page margins.

b. A situation or condition that is the case in the absence of active intervention.

v. de·fault·ed, de·fault·ing, de·faults

v.intr.

1.

a. To fail to do what is required.

b. To fail to pay money when it is due.

2. Computers To revert to a default.

3. Law

a. To fail to appear in court as a party to a case when summoned.

b. To lose a case by not appearing.

4. To fail to take part in or complete a scheduled contest.

v.tr.

1. To fail to perform or pay.

2. Law To lose (a case) by failing to appear in court.

3. To fail to take part in or complete (a contest, for example).

Idiom:

in default of

Through the failure, absence, or lack of.

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[Middle English defaute, from Old French, from past participle of defaillir, to fail, grow weak : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + faillir; see fail.]

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de·fault′er n.

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defaulter

(dɪˈfɔːltə)

n

1. (Law) a person who defaults

2. (Banking & Finance) a person who defaults

3. (Military) chiefly Brit a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his or her service

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	defaulter - someone who fails to make a required appearance in court absentee - one that is absent or not in residence
	2.	defaulter - someone who fails to meet a financial obligation deadbeat deadbeat dad - a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring debitor, debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
	3.	defaulter - a contestant who forfeits a match contestant - a person who participates in competitions

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Translations

debitorepersona in difetto

defaulter

[dɪˈfɔːltəʳ] N

1. (Comm, Fin) (on payments) → moroso/a m/f

2. (Mil) → rebelde mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

defaulter

[dɪˈfɔːltə^r] n (on debt) → débiteur/trice m/f défaillant(e)default option n (COMPUTING) → option f par défaut

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defaulter

n (Jur) → nicht erscheinende Partei; (Sport) → nicht antretender Spieler, nicht antretende Spielerin; (on payment) → Säumige(r) mf, → säumiger Zahler; (Mil, Naut) → Straffällige(r) mf

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defaulter

[dɪˈfɔːltəʳ] n (on debt) → inadempiente m/f, debitore/trice moroso/a (Law) (at trial) → contumace m/f

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