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Meanings of deadbeat in English

Spanish
deudor

Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation.

        deudor
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        Examples for "defaulter"
        Examples for "defaulter"
        1
        The old woodsman knew the defaulter for a reckless and determined man.
        The Silent Places
        2
        Making me, and the rest of us, accomplices of a dastardly defaulter.
        The Submarine Boys on Duty / Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat
        3
        Even junk-rated serial defaulter Argentina drew huge bids for its 2117-maturity bond.
        Reuters
        4
        Fool, perhaps, even as you or I; but thief and defaulter, no; never.
        The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
        5
        Arthur Miller is a defaulter to the tune of a very large fortune.
        The Submarine Boys on Duty / Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat
        Usage of deadbeat in English
        1
        The mere mention of her socialist deadbeat friends sent Gould's temper flaring.
        Consent to kill: a thriller
        2
        Vincenzo tackles deadbeat daddies The topic of deadbeat dads is nothing new.
        Jamaica Observer
        3
        The Gutters were home to every sort of crook and deadbeat imaginable.
        Shadow's son
        4
        Sean had built his business on tailing cheating spouses and deadbeat dads.
        The mighty quinns: liam
        5
        Or the misogynistic Robert Heinlein or the druggy deadbeat Philip K. Dick.
        Wired
        6
        Reggie had a deadbeat dad, and he was always scared of abandonment.
        The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
        7
        One loan company calling deadbeat borrowers boosted 'promises to pay' by 129 percent.
        Wired
        8
        You want to just stroll in there looking like a deadbeat?
        Flesh and blood
        9
        It would signal to the world that the US Treasury is a deadbeat.
        The Guardian
        10
        You turn him into a sullen superhero with a deadbeat dad, that's how.
        Wired
        11
        I scour the wall of missing people and deadbeat dads.
        Leaving Time
        12
        He wasn't a deadbeat dad; he was just the unluckiest guy she'd ever met.
        The Fame Game
        13
        Work, the hobby of the hustler and the deadbeat's dread.'
        Psmith in the City
        14
        I hugged her and told her that her grandfather was a deadbeat dad too.
        Jamaica Observer
        15
        He was a deadbeat dad, sued by both his previous wives for child support.
        NY Magazine
        16
        They treat me like a deadbeat dad, to be honest.
        The Guardian
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