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Definition of Default
1. Verb. Fail to pay up.
Entails: Owe
Generic synonyms: Fail, Neglect
Derivative terms: Defaulter
Antonyms: Pay Up
2. Noun. Loss due to not showing up. "He lost the game by default"
3. Noun. Act of failing to meet a financial obligation.
4. Noun. Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.
Specialized synonyms: Delinquency
Generic synonyms: Financial Loss
Antonyms: Payment
5. Noun. An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified.
Definition of Default
1. n. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
2. v. i. To fail in duty; to offend.
3. v. t. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
Definition of Default
1. Noun. (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation. ¹
2. Noun. (electronics computers) the original software programming settings as set by the factory ¹
3. Noun. A loss incurred by failing to compete. ¹
4. Noun. A selection made in the absence of an alternative. ¹
5. Noun. (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. ¹
6. Noun. (legal) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To fail to meet an obligation. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive legal) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Default
1. to fail to do something required [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Default
1. 1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaduty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. 2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. "And pardon craved for his so rash default." (Spenser) "Regardless of our merit or default." (Pope) 3. A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. In default of, in case of failure or lack of. "Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones." (Arbuthnot) To suffer a default, to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer. Origin: OE. Defaute, OF. Defaute, defalte, fem, F. Defaut, masc, LL. Defalta, fr. A verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. De- + fallere to deceive. See Fault. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Default
Literary usage of Default
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Judgment <&=>143(17)— Negotiations for set- tlement held not to excuse default
or failure to move to open It before judgment. The evidence offered by the ..."
2. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Sir Frederick Pollock (1885)
"default of promisee discharges promisor, and may be treated as breach, or makes
contract ... A default consisting in mere omission may have the same effect. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... in default of such issue" were holden sufficient ; there being no words to
... from his directing that in default of issue, all the premises should so ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"6.12. ; so where the assis/: is awarded for default, yet the tenant may have
attaint, if it be found against him by false oath. 17 Ed. 2. Attaint, 89. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"The event, upon which the last limitation depends, is default of appointment,
not, of children, [p. 59t;, note.] BY indentures of lease and release previous ..."
6. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"He made inquiry, and was satisfied they had made default, and then he made the
first order, under the 4'Jth section— " Whereas complaint has been made to me ..."
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