Definition of Default

Default

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.

To fail in duty; to offend.

To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.

To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.

To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.

To leave out of account; to omit.

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Default Quotations

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
Barack Obama

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
J. K. Rowling

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.
Jimmy Buffett

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Desmond Tutu

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
Tony Blair

Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.
Chevy Chase

Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default.
Joy Page

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.
Alanis Morissette

We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation.
Jon Voight

In fact, I think - our view of this is that while the agreement, the compromise did not achieve the kind of super-sized deficit reduction that we sought, it did end the uncertainty around the perception, the possibility that the United States might default on its obligations for its first time. That was a good thing.
Jay Carney

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.
Lucas Papademos

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful.
Ted Rall

We believe that it is very important that we have hopefully averted what would have been the most substantial headwind of all, which is a default for the first time in our history, and that that will contribute to a more positive environment that we hope will allow for greater growth and job creation.
Jay Carney

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.
Richard Dooling

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.
Lucas Papademos

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.
Michael Novak

I pretty much only write by default, because I want to make certain projects so instead of trying to wait and find them, I create them, but I'm not really a writer.
Sara Gilbert

I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.
T-Bone Burnett

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
Dorothy Thompson

For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.
Mohamed El-Erian

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Default Translations

default in German is vorgegebener Wert, Voreinstellung, Vorgabe
default in Swedish is huvudsaklig

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