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 [dɪˈfɔːlt]

n

1. (Law) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation or to appear in a court of law at a time specified

2. absence he lost the chess game by default

in default of through or in the lack or absence of

(Law)

judgment by default Law a judgment in the plaintiff's favour when the defendant fails to plead or to appear

5. lack, want, or need

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science (also)) Computing

a.  the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered

b.  (as modifier) default setting

vb

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (intr; often foll by on or in) to fail to make payment when due

2. (intr) to fail to fulfil or perform an obligation, engagement, etc. to default in a sporting contest

3. (Law) Law to lose (a case) by failure to appear in court

4. (tr) to declare that (someone) is in default

[from Old French defaute, from defaillir to fail, from Vulgar Latin dēfallīre (unattested) to be lacking]

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

verb

fail to pay, dodge, evade, fall behind, rat (informal), neglect, levant (Brit.), go into arrears, welch or welsh (slang) Many borrowers are defaulting on loans.

noun

1. failure (usually in phrase `by default` or `in default of`) want, lack, fault, absence, neglect, defect, deficiency, lapse, omission, dereliction The other team failed to turn up so we won by default.

2. nonpayment, evasion, failure to pay, non-remittance The country can't pay its foreign debts and default is inevitable.

Translations

default [dɪˈfɔːlt]

A. N

1. (on contract) → incumplimiento m (on de) (on payment) → impago m (on de) to be in default → estar en mora
judgment by default → juicio m en rebeldía
he won by default → ganó por incomparecencia de su adversario
we must not let it go by default → no debemos dejarlo escapar por descuido or sin hacer nada
in default of → a falta de

2. (Comput) → valor m por defecto

B. VI

1. (= not pay) → no pagar, faltar al pago
to default on one's payments → no pagar los plazos

2. (Sport) (= not appear) → no presentarse, no comparecer

3. (Comput) it always defaults to the C drive → siempre va a la unidad de disco C por defecto

C. CPD default option N (Comput) → opción f por defecto

default [dɪˈfɔːlt]

vi

(= break legal agreement) → faire défaut
to default on sth [+ payment, loan] → ne pas s'acquitter de qch
to default on a debt → ne pas s'acquitter d'une dette

(= break promise) → manquer à ses engagements

[ˈdiːfɔːlt dɪˈfɔːlt] n

(COMPUTING) (also default value) → valeur f par défaut

by default (= through lack of competition) → par défaut, par contumace
to win by default [candidate, politician] → remporter une victoire par défaut; [team, competitor] → gagner par forfait

to be in default [borrower] → être en cessation de paiement

default

n

(= failure to appear, Jur) → Nichterscheinen nt → vor Gericht; (Sport) → Nichtantreten nt; (= failure to perform duty) → Versäumnis f; (= failure to pay) → Nichtzahlung f; judgement by default (Jur) → Versäumnisurteil nt; to win by default → kampflos gewinnen

(= lack, absence) → Mangel m; in default of, due to default of → in Ermangelung +gen

(Comput) → Default m, → Standard(wert) m, → Voreinstellung f

vi (= not appear, Jur) → nicht erscheinen; (Sport) → nicht antreten; (= not perform duty, not pay) → säumig sein; to default in one’s payments → seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nicht nachkommen; it always defaults to the C drive (Comput) → es wird immer das Laufwerk C angesprochen

attr (Comput) parameter → voreingestellt; default drive → Standardlaufwerk nt

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default:

default printer

n → Standarddrucker m

default value

n → Standardwert m

default [dɪˈfɔːlt]

1. n

a. by default → per esclusione
judgement by default (Law) → sentenza in contumacia
to win by default → vincere per abbandono dell'avversario
in default of → in mancanza di

b. (Comput) (also default value) → default m inv

2. vi (gen) → essere inadempiente (Law) (not appear) → non presentarsi in giudizio, essere contumace; (not pay) → risultare inadempiente
to default on a debt → non onorare un debito

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default [dɪˈfɔːlt]

1. n

a. by default → per esclusione
judgement by default (Law) → sentenza in contumacia
to win by default → vincere per abbandono dell'avversario
in default of → in mancanza di

b. (Comput) (also default value) → default m inv

2. vi (gen) → essere inadempiente (Law) (not appear) → non presentarsi in giudizio, essere contumace; (not pay) → risultare inadempiente
to default on a debt → non onorare un debito