default

de·fault  (d-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 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. Computer Science 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 font in the word processing program.

b. A situation or condition that obtains 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. Law

a. To fail to appear in court when summoned.

b. To lose a case by not appearing.

3. 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·faulter n.

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default

Noun

1. a failure to do something, esp. to meet a financial obligation or to appear in court

2. Computers an instruction to a computer to select a particular option unless the user specifies otherwise

3. by default happening because something else has not happened: they gained a colony by default because no other European power wanted it

4. in default of in the absence of

Verb

to fail to fulfil an obligation, esp. to make payment when due [Old French defaillir to fail]

defaulter n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	default - loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default" loss - the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" absence - failure to be present
	2.	default - act of failing to meet a financial obligation nonpayment, nonremittal failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
	3.	default - loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid nonpayment, nonremittal delinquency - nonpayment of a debt when due financial loss - loss of money or decrease in financial value
	4.	default - an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified default option alternative, option, choice - one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
Verb	1.	default - fail to pay up default on fail, neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" ante up, pay up, pay - cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"

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default

noun 1. failure, want, lack, fault, absence, neglect, defect, deficiency, lapse, omission, dereliction

2. nonpayment, evasion

verb 3. fail to pay, dodge, evade, rat (informal) neglect, levant Brit. welch or welsh (slang)

Translations

default [dɪˈfɔːlt] vi → faltar al pago;

(SPORT) → no presentarse, no comparecer

n (COMPUT) → defecto;

by default (LAW) → en rebeldía;

(SPORT) → por incomparecencia;

to default on a debt → dejar de pagar una deuda

default [dɪˈfɔːlt] vi (Law) → faire défaut;

(gen) → manquer à ses engagements

n (Comput) (also: default value) → valeur f par défaut;

by default (Law) → par défaut, par contumace;

(Sport) → par forfait;

to default on a debt → ne pas s'acquitter d'une dette

default [dɪˈfɔːlt] n (also: default value) → Voreinstellung f

vi to default on a debt → einer Zahlungsverpflichtung nicht nachkommen;

to win by default → kampflos gewinnen

default [dɪˈfɔːlt] vi (LAW) → essere contumace;

(gen) → essere inadempiente

n (COMPUT) (also: default value) → default m inv;

by default (LAW) → in contumacia;

(SPORT) → per abbandono;

to default on a debt → non onorare un debito