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defaulter
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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.

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

de·faulter n.

defaulter [dɪˈfɔːltə]
n
1. (Law) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a person who defaults
2. (Military) Chiefly Brit a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his service
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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 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
Translations
defaulter [dɪˈfɔːltəʳ] N
1. (Comm, Fin) (on payments) → moroso/a m/f
2. (Mil) → rebelde mf
defaulter [dɪˈfɔːltər] n (on debt)débiteur/trice m/f défaillant(e)
default option n (COMPUTING)option f par défaut
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
defaulter [dɪˈfɔːltəʳ] n (on debt) → inadempiente m/f, debitore/trice moroso/a (Law) (at trial) → contumace m/f
defaulter [dɪˈfɔːltəʳ] n (on debt) → inadempiente m/f, debitore/trice moroso/a (Law) (at trial) → contumace m/f


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