Default

Definitions: Default

Default

Noun

1. Loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default".

2. Act of failing to meet a financial obligation.

3. Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.

4. An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified.

Verb

1. Fail to pay up.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "default" was first used: 1250. (references)

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Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Default

Absence

Adverb: without, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there; in default of; sans; behind one's back.

Debt

Arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency; (nonpayment); bad debt.

Incompleteness

Adjective: incomplete; imperfect; unfinished; uncompleted; (see complete; ); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude; (unprepared).

Insufficiency

Adverb: insufficiently; Adjective:; in default of, for want of; failing.

Neglect

Noun: neglect; carelessness; Adjective: trifling; Verb: negligence; omission, oversight, laches, default; supineness; (inactivity); inattention; nonchalance; (insensibility); imprudence, recklessness; slovenliness; (disorder), (dirt); improvidence; noncompletion; inexactness; (error).

Nonpayment

Noun: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.

Shortcoming

Noun: shortcoming, failure; falling short; Verb: default, defalcation; leeway; labor in vain, no go.

Submission

Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.

Crosswords: Default

German (default), Portuguese (default).

Books

• Abortion Pro Life by Conviction Pro Choice by Default (Item No. Hb673) (reference)

• Default (reference)

• Default Reasoning : Causal and Conditional Theories (reference)

• Duquesa by Default (reference)

• The Default Provisions of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Default State (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In case of default by Germany in the performance of any obligation under this Part of the present Treaty, the Commission will forthwith give notice of such default to each of the interested Powers and may make such recommendations as to the action to be taken in consequence of such default as it may think necessary. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

This method of payment provides rather thin coverage against default. (references)

Yet, in practice, difficulties arise in enforcing a lessor's rights in Russia in the event of default. (references)

Repossession of leased assets, as elsewhere in the world, is the least desirable method of addressing a default, and may be logistically impossible in some cases. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

The community complained that this forces the parents to have their children attend Orthodox religious instruction by default. (references)

Economic History

North Korea

The Japanese also declared the D.P.R.K. in default. (references)

Moldova

A further downgrade will bring Moldova closer to the default category. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

Following the Russian debt default in August 1998, the economy entered into recession. (references)

ROMANIA

The Government of Romania succeeded in avoiding default in 1999 without resorting to roll-over, and since then has increased foreign exchange reserves. (references)

CHILE

While Chile's economy returned to strong growth (five percent) in 2000, it fell victim in 2001 to the worldwide slump and concerns in financial markets over a possible default in Argentina. (references)

Trade

Czech Rep

Its export insurance programs provide insurance coverage against the risk of default on foreign receivables. (references)

Guinea

Commercial banks favor short term lending at high interest rates (25-30%), as there is an astronomically high potential for default. (references)

Mexico

The ERLC provides only the lender from default by the exporter; it does not cover the exporter should a foreign buyer default on payment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "default": acquitted in default of proof of guilt ♦ by default ♦ default actions ♦ default attributes ♦ default format ♦ default format values ♦ default in paying ♦ default interest ♦ default judgement ♦ default judgment ♦ default of ♦ default of payment ♦ default on ♦ default on a debt ♦ default on smth. ♦ default option ♦ default parameters ♦ default reasoning ♦ default risk ♦ default route ♦ in default of ♦ judgement by default ♦ judgment by default ♦ lose by default ♦ objection to a default judgement ♦ To make default ♦ To suffer a default ♦ win a game by default ♦ win by default. Additional references.

Beginning with "default": default-free.

Ending with "default": cross-default, decision-by-default, junk-default.

Albanian

pakujdesi (carelessness, imprudence, negligence), nuk plotësoj zotime të veta, nuk paraqitem në afat, nuk paguaj në kohë, mosplotësim (non-fulfillment, non-fulfilment), mosparaqitje (non attendance, non-appearance), mospagim (dishonor, dishonour, non payment), mosardhje, kundërvajtje (delinquency, infraction, offence, violation). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نقطة الضعف (loophole, point), ‏حكم غيابي, ‏تخلف عن محكمة, ‏تخلف بالدفع, ‏تخلف (be in arrears, be retarded, drag, drop behind, fall behind, go to sleep, go under, lag, linger, loiter, lurk, retardation, retrograde, tardiness), ‏عدم وجود (lack, privation), ‏خلف وعدا, ‏إهمال (delinquency, dereliction, disregard, easiness, forgetfulness, fribble, frowst, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, limbo, malpractice, neglect, negligence, omission, overlooking, remissive, remissness, slovenliness), ‏أهمل (be negligent, desert, discount, disregard, forsake, go by the board, lapse, lay aside, lay by, leave out, neglect, omit, overlook, pass, pass over smth., scorn, set apart, skive, slight, throwaway). (various references)

Bulgarian 

укривам се (abscond, go underground), отсъствие (absence, lack), неустойка (failure, forfeit), неявяване в съда, неизпълнение на задължение, не устоявам на задължение, не се явявам пред съда, напускане на състезание, напускам състезание, загубвам поради неявяване, липса (absence, defect, deficiency, failure, lack, penury, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, stringency, ullage, want), пресрочвам платеж. (various references)

Chinese 

缺省. (various references)

Czech

zmeškání, standartní, prodlení (delay), nedodržení závazku. (various references)

Danish

default-handlinger (default actions), default ræsonneren (default reasoning), udeblivelsesdom (judgment by default, judgment given by default), standardparametre (default parameters), standardformat (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), standardegenskaber (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), risiko for misligholdelse (default risk, defaulting risk), morarente (default interest, interest on amounts paid, interest on arrears, late interest, moratorium interest, moratory interest), misligholdelse af forpligtelser (default on obligations), lovligt konstateret udeblivelse (duly recognized default), indsigelse mod en udeblivelsesdom (appeal, objection to a default judgement), indsigelse (appeal, objection, objection to a default judgement), genoptagelsesbegaering (appeal, objection to a default judgement), genoptagelse af sager,i hvilke der er afsagt udeblivelsesdom (appeal, objection to a default judgement). (various references)

Dutch

debiteurenrisico (default risk, defaulting risk), default-waarden (default parameters), standaardopmaak (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), bij contumacie veroordelen (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), bij verstek gewezen vonnis (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), bij-verstek variabelen (default parameters), contumaciele veroordeling (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), herhaald verstek (repeated default), in staat van faillissement verklaard zijn zonder gehoord te zijn (bankruptcy judgement rendered by default), moratoire interest (default interest, interest on amounts paid, interest on arrears, late interest, moratorium interest, moratory interest), moratoire rente (default interest, interest on amounts paid, interest on arrears, late interest, moratorium interest, moratory interest), redenering bij verstek (default reasoning), arrest bij verstek (judgment by default, judgment given by default), standaard akties (default actions), wettig geconstateerd verstek (duly recognized default), standaardwaarden (default parameters), standaardweergavevorm (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), systeemgekozen waarden (default parameters), vaste waarden (default parameters), veroordeling bij verstek (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), verstek bij gebreke van conclusies (default by failure to demand, default by failure to plead), verstekvonnis (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), verweer (appeal, defence, defense, objection to a default judgement), verzet (absence of mind, appeal, distraction, diversion, objection to a default judgement, rack, resistance, shog), verzet tegen een bij verstek gewezen vonnis (appeal, objection to a default judgement), vonnis bij verstek (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), waarden bij verstek (default parameters), rente bij uitstel van betaling (default interest, interest on amounts paid, interest on arrears, late interest, moratorium interest, moratory interest). (various references)

Farsi 

نکول کردن , کوتاهی (Brevity, Compendium, Delinquency), قصور (Debt, Delinquency, Negligence, Shortcoming), غفلت (Forget, Neglect, Negligence, Omission). (various references)

Finnish

yksipuolisen tuomion antaminen (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), yksipuolinen tuomio (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), vastineen antamatta jättäminen (default by failure to demand, default by failure to plead), valitus (appeal, complaining, complaint, grievance, lament, objection to a default judgement, protest, remonstrance), vakioasetukset (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), tuomitseminen poissaolevana (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), toistuva poissaolo oikeudesta (repeated default), toistuva istunnosta pois jääminen (repeated default), oletustoimet (default actions), oletuspäättely (default reasoning), oletusarvot (default attributes, default format, default format values, generated attributes, standard attributes, standard format), muutoksenhaku (appeal, objection to a default judgement). (various references)

French

non-remboursement, négligence (delinquency, dereliction), mettre en défaut, manque (dearth, deficiency, deficit), jugement par contumace (judgment by default), faire défaut en justice, faire défaut. (various references)

German

voreinstellung, vorgegebener Wert (default value), Vorgabe (burden, defaults', handicap, line of least resistance, select), versäumnis (absence, dereliction, failing, failure, omission), unterlassung (failure, neglect, nonfeasance, omission). (various references)

Greek 

απουσία (absence), αθέτηση (breach), αθετώ (abrogate, breach, go back, violate). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ע�"ר (absent oneself, be absent, be missing), לבחור בררת מח�"ל, פשיע�" (crime, negligence, trespass), אי תשלום חוב, �"ע�"רות (absence, absenteeism, absentness, non attendance), ברירת מח�"ל, בררת מח�"ל. (various references)

Hungarian

vétség (delinquency, demerit, fault, misdemeanor, misdemeanour). (various references)

Indonesian

tak hadir (absent), ngangglap (embezzle, steal, welsh), kekurangan (absence, dearth, dearth of, deficiency, demerit, famine, lack, short of, shortage), keadaan awal. (various references)

Italian

difetto (blemish, bug, damage, dearth, defect, deficiency, degrade, desideratum, detriment, disadvantages, disservice, failure, fault, flaw, harm, lack, malfunction, Miss, shortage, shortcoming, vice), rendersi contumace, mancanza (absence, defect, deficiency, empty cells, fail patch, failed patch, failing, failure, fault, lack, Lacuna, lag, lapse, misses, shortage, shortcoming, want), inadempienza (non-compliance, non-execution, non-fulfilment, non-performance), contumacia (absence, contumacy, non-appearance), abbandono (abandon, abandonment, abbandonato, bolt, dereliction, desertion, disused industrial premises, loneliness, moving out of tenant to elude payment of ground rent, neglect). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

既定 (established), 滞納 (non-payment). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいのう (non-payment), デフォールト , デフォルト , ディフォールト , ディフォルト , しょうりゃくじ, きてい (base, established, ground, inn, inner rules, launch, official regulations, provisions, regulation, restaurant), ふばらい (nonpayment), ふのう (imbecility, impossibility, incompetency, inefficiency, non-payment, rich farmer, weak point), ふり�"う (nonperformance), ふはらい (nonpayment), いやく (breach of contract, free translation, liberal translation, medicine), もくやく (tacit agreement), は�"そく (balk, foul play, irregularity, sales promotion, transgression, turning over in bed). (various references)

Korean 

과태. (various references)

Manx

loght (crime, fault, flaw, guilt, iniquity, serious offence, shortcoming, transgression, trespass, vice), lheamys (blemish, defect, deformity, different, fault, flaw, imperfection). (various references)

Pig Latin

efaultday

Portuguese

descuido (dereliction, disregard, inadvertency, inadvertent, lapse, neglect, negligence, oversight, slip up), default, revelia (judgment by default, judgment given by default), omitir (Dele, eligibility, expurgation, forget me not, leave out, omit, overland, overlie, overlook, pretermit), omissão (find fault, forfeit, nonfeasance, omission, pretermit), negligenciar (disregard, forget, neglect, omit, overlooker, put by), negligência (barratry, disregard, East, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, incurious, lapse, misfeasance, neglect, negligence, omissions excepted), não comparecer, faltar (be lacking, be missing, fail, fall short, lack, miss a friend), falta (absence, attenuation, defect, deficiency, degrade, empty cells, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, flaw, forfeit, foul, guilt, lack, Lacuna, lag, misconduct, miss, misses, mistake, need, non attendance, omission, paucity, penurity, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, slip, want, Wantage), ausência (absence, absence of mind, absentmindedness, negation, non believer, privation, temporary loss of consciousness, want). (various references)

Romanian

vinã (aberration, blame, cause, charge, fault, guilt, lode, onus), pãrãsire a jocului, nu-şi îndeplini obligaţiile, nu apãrea în instanţã, neprezentare, neîndeplinire a unei obligaţii, lipsã (absence, blemish, dearth, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, drawback, failure, fault, gap, hardship, imperfection, lack, minus, mistake, necessity, neediness, out, paucity, penury, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, stinginess, stringency, vice, want), fi în întârziere cu plata, carenţã (deficiency), absenţã (absence, poverty, privation, shortage, wanting). (various references)

Russian 

упущение (dereliction, error of omission, omission, omissions, preterition, pretermission), выходить из состязания, вынести заочное решение, отсутствие чего-л. (deficiency), неуплата (non payment, nonpayment, non-payment), неявка в суд (contumacy, non-appearance), неявка (absence), недостаток (blemish, dearth, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, disadvantage, drawback, failing, failure, fault, flaw, lack, letdown, minus, objection, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, vice, want), не выполнять обязательств, провинность. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neizvršenje novčanih obaveza, izgubiti parnicu zbog izostanka. (various references)

Spanish

defecto (batter, blemish, damage, defect, deficiency, degrade, failing, fault, flaw, hole, imperfection, inferiority, shortcoming), rebeldía (contempt, defiance, insurgence, insurgency, rebellion, revolt), quebración (demolition), ponerse en mora, perder por incomparecencia, no presentarse, no pagar (dishonor, dishonour), no estar presentado, faltar (be lacking, be missing, break, evoke, fail, fall short, go back on, lack, lacking, leak, let down), falta (absence, bankruptcy, blemish, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, empty cells, error, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, foul, infringement, is lacking, lack, lag, lapse, literal mistake, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, misprint, misses, mistake, need, out of, paucity, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, silence, slip, want). (various references)

Swedish

uteblivande (failure), utebliva (stay away), utebli (stay away, to fail to appear), uraktlåtenhet att betala, inte fullgöra sina skyldigheter, försummelse (malpractice, neglect, omission), brista i betalning. (various references)

Turkish

yer almama, yükümlülüğünü yerine getirmemek, yükümlülüğünü yerine getirmeme, mahkemeye gelmemek, kusur (blame, blemish, cavil, culpability, defalcation, defect, deficiency, demerit, failing, failure, fault, flaw, freckle, gaff, imperfection, inaccuracy, infirmity, remissness, scar, shortcoming, stigma, taint, vice), karşılaşmaya katılmamak, ihmâl, hükmen yenik sayılmak, gelmeme, görevi yapmakta kusur işlemek, gıyap (absence, nonappearance, non-appearance, nonattendance), gıyabında hüküm vermek. (various references)

Ukranian 

відмова від сплати боргу, невиконання зобов'язань, неплатіж (non payment), недогляд (dereliction, erratum, inadvertence, inadvertency, neglect, negligence, omission, overlook, oversight), недодержання (infraction, non delivery, nonconformity), не виконувати своїх зобов'язань, не з'являтися в суд. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự thiếu (dearth, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, shortage, want), sự không có (inexistence, nothing, want). (various references)

conturba, conturbabant, conturbabar, conturbabimini, conturbabis, conturbabit, conturbabuntur, conturbamini, conturbant, conturbaret, conturbaris, conturbas, conturbasti, conturbat, conturbata, conturbatae, conturbati, conturbatum, conturbatumque, conturbatur, conturbatus, conturbaverunt, conturbavit, conturbemini, conturbent, conturbentur, conturbet, conturbo, dis-. (various references)

defalta. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "default": defaulted, defaulter, defaulters, defaulting, defaults. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Default" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cefalu, dafault, deafault, deault, debault, defalt, defaut, defaute, defautl, defolt, defualt, defult, desault, Dyfnallt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: faulted.

-1 letter: feudal, fluted.

-2 letters: adult, dealt, defat, delft, delta, fated, fauld, fault, fetal, flued, flute, lated, lutea, luted.

-3 letters: alef, auld, daft, dale, date, daut, deaf, deal, deft, delf, delt, dual, duel, duet, fade, fate, feal, feat, felt, feta, feud, flat, flea, fled, flue, fuel, lade, late, laud, lead, leaf, left, leud, lude, lute, tael, tale, teal, tela, tufa, tule.

-4 letters: aft, ale, alt, ate, dal, del, due, eat, eau, eft, eld, elf, eta, fad, fat, fed, fet, feu, flu, fud, lad, lat, lea, led, let, leu, tad, tae, tau, tea, ted, tel, uta.

-5 letters: ad, ae, al, at, de, ed, ef, el, et, fa, la, ta, ut.

+1 letter: deathful, defaults, flaunted, sulfated.

+2 letters: defaulted, defaulter, feudalist, feudality, outfabled, sufflated.

+3 letters: defaulters, defaulting, feudalists, fluctuated, fluoridate, formulated, fraudulent, fulgurated, fulminated, outflanked, sulfonated, uninflated.

+4 letters: distasteful, faultfinder, feudalistic, feudalities, flocculated, fluoridated, fluoridates, fluorinated, footfaulted, fundamental, infibulated, insufflated.

+5 letters: confabulated, fasciculated, faultfinders, fluidextract, flutterboard, fraudulently, fundamentals, multifaceted, reformulated, ultrarefined, unaffectedly, unaffiliated, undefoliated, unformulated.

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