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Meanings of default in English
Preexisting value of a user-configurable setting of a software application, computer program or device.
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Portuguese
inadimplência Failure to meet the legal obligations of a loan (e.g. by suspending payments)
Failure to do something required by law (e.g. pay a debt or appear in legal proceedings)
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Examples for "defaulting"
Examples for "defaulting"
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That should allow Greece to avoid defaulting on its debt this year.
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One payment only allowed it five days to make good before defaulting.
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National power utility, Eskom, is determined to recoup costs from defaulting municipalities.
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Investors would only take the risk of Greece defaulting on interest payments.
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That would put the nation at risk of defaulting on its debt.
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American senators are holding an emergency session to try to avoid a US financial default.
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American lawmakers contine to delay voting on a crucial deal designed to avoid an unprecedented financial default by the United States.
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A CDS enables the holder to be compensated in the event of a loan default.
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They have also criticized the institutions for having low completion rates and graduates with high student loan default rates.
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A woman arrested at Auckland Airport is the second person this year to be detained over a student loan default.
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As loan default rates rise, the whole exercise threatens to become self-defeating.The consequences in England promise to be more pronounced.
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A decline in commercial property values and an increase in loan default rates may also erode the earnings of UK banks.
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Above all, lenders need assurance that a sovereign borrower will not default on a loan repayment.
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The statement came hours before Athens was set to default on a loan to the International Monetary Fund.
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When you take one single individual with perhaps a patchy credit history and unstable employment, the risk of default on a loan is quite high.
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Talos Capital Ltd sought summary judgment against Joseph Sheehan and John Flynn over what it claimed was "material" default on a loan agreement.
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If someone you know has defaulted on a loan, that can affect you.
Usage of default in English
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A forced event of default is therefore unlikely in the short term.
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Britain is due to leave the EU by default in 11 days.
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Yet absent an actual default, China is relatively insulated from market gyrations.
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Consumer groups, however, warn of the high default risks of crowd-funding loans.
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Credit default swaps must be written down as their market value declines.
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A disorderly default would result in substantially higher losses for the system.
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Widening means the market believes the chance of a default has increased.
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His injunction last year set off another Argentina default on July 31.
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Our default desire to move forward often meets delay with harsh criticism.
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Last week, Trico warned of a possible default on its debt covenants.
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Congress must raise the nation's debt ceiling to avoid a government default.
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Failing to do that could risk an economy-shaking U.S. government debt default.
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However, it has reiterated that Ireland will not default on senior debt.
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Fernandez later said his economic plans did not contemplate a debt default.
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This would allow Greece a partial default while staying inside the euro.
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Standard & Poor's raised Greece's credit rating out of default territory today.
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