transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪfɔ:lt ]
Pronounced /di:fɔ:lt/ for meaning 2.
( defaults defaulting, defaulted)
1.
If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. ( LEGAL )
The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans...
VERB : V on n
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Default is also a noun.
The corporation may be charged with default on its contract with the government...
N-UNCOUNT : oft N prep , in N
2.
A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it.
...default passwords installed on commercial machines...
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
In computing, the default is a particular set of instructions which the computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. ( COMPUTING )
The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
...default settings.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If something happens by default , it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. ( FORMAL )
I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
PHRASE : PHR after v , PHR with cl