0 past simple and past participle of default --
1 to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do: --
People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.
When the purchaser has defaulted for two months owing to unemployment or business difficulties he has gone to the building society and begged for terms.
We have, in fact, defaulted on our own soldiers and on their widows.
The object is that the bookmaker who defaulted would be called to task within three months, rather than within twelve months, of having defaulted.
Is not this the first time that a public board has ever defaulted in this country?
This country has never defaulted on anything like that.
What agreements are there in favour of our own representatives in countries which have recently defaulted?
Karim defaulted on the remaining payments.
These type variables can be defaulted independently for each signature, except for the class variable, which already is associated with a kind in the type environment.