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Default

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Noun

1. default

loss due to not showing up

Example Sentences:
'he lost the game by default'

2. default, nonpayment, nonremittal

act of failing to meet a financial obligation

3. default, nonpayment, nonremittal

loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid

4. default, default option

an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

Verb

5. default, default on

fail to pay up

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Default

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noun
1. 
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 or lack
3.  by default
4.  in default of
5.  judgment by default
6. 
lack, want, or need
7. (also ˈdiːfɔːlt) 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
verb
8. (intr; often foll by on or in)
to fail to make payment when due
9. (intransitive)
to fail to fulfil or perform an obligation, engagement, etc
to default in a sporting contest
10. law
to lose (a case) by failure to appear in court
11. (transitive)
to declare that (someone) is in default

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Default

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noun
1. 
failure to do something or be somewhere when required or expected
; specif.,
a. 
failure to pay money due
b. 
failure to appear in court to defend or prosecute a case
c. 
failure to take part in or finish a contest
2.  Computing
a preset choice, setting, etc. for automatic use as by a program when no other is specified by a user
often used attributively
a default disk drive on a PC
3.  Obsolete
a fault, lack, or want
verb intransitive
4. 
to fail to do something or be somewhere when required or expected
; specif.,
a. 
to fail to make payment when due
b. 
to fail to appear in court when required
c. 
to fail to take part in or finish a contest
5. 
to lose a contest by default
verb transitive
6. 
to fail to do, pay, finish, etc. (something) when required
7. 
to lose (a contest, etc.) by default; forfeit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Default

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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).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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