default
US: /dɪˈfɔɫt/
UK: /dɪfˈɒlt/
UK: /dɪfˈɒlt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
default /di'fɔ:lt/
- danh từ
- sự thiếu, sự không có, sự không đủ
- in default of...: ví thiếu... (cái gì)
- (pháp lý) sự vắng mặt (không ra hầu toà)
- to make default: vắng mặt
- judgment by default: sự không trả nợ được, sự vỡ nợ; sự không trả nợ đúng kỳ hạn ((cũng) default in paying)
- (thể dục,thể thao) sự bỏ cuộc
- to lose the game by default: thua trận vì bỏ cuộc
- sự thiếu, sự không có, sự không đủ
- nội động từ
- (pháp lý) không ra hầu kiện, vắng mặt (tại toà)
- (pháp lý) không trả nợ được, vỡ nợ; không trả nợ đúng kỳ hạn
- (thể dục,thể thao) bỏ cuộc
- ngoại động từ
- (pháp lý) xử vắng mặt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U, C] failure to do sth that must be done by law, especially paying a debt: The company is in default on the loan. + Mortgage defaults have risen in the last year.
2 [U, C, usually sing.] (especially computing) what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change: The default option is to save your work every five minutes. + On this screen, 256 colours is the default.
Idioms: by default
1 a game or competition can be won by default if there are no other competitors: He became world champion in 1990 by default.
2 if sth happens by default, it happens because you have not made any other decision or choices which would make things happen differently: I became a teacher by default rather than by design.
in default of sth (formal) because of a lack of sth: They accepted what he had said in default of any evidence to disprove it.
+ verb [V]
1 ~ (on sth) to fail to do sth that you legally have to do, especially by not paying a debt: to default on a loan / debt + defaulting borrowers / tenants
2 ~ (to sth) (especially computing) to happen when you do not make any other choice or change
defaulter noun: mortgage defaulters
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 failure, fault, defect, neglect, negligence, dereliction, lapse, oversight, non-performance, non-fulfilment, inaction:
We won the case because of their default on the contract. The other contestant failed to appear, so Gordon won the match by default.
2 non-payment, delinquency:
Default in the rent may result in eviction.
v.
3 fail, neglect, dishonour, lapse, fall short, come (up) short:
He has defaulted on a car payment.
Concise English dictionary
defaults|defaulted|defaultingdɪ'fɔːlt
noun
+loss due to not showing up
+act of failing to meet a financial obligation
+loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
+an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
verb
+fail to pay up
