default

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de|fault /dɪf'ɔːlt/ (defaults defaulting defaulted)
pronounced /d'iːfɔːlt/for meaning 2.
1 [VERB] V on n
If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. (LEGAL)
The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans...
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N prep, in N
Default is also a noun.
The corporation may be charged with default on its contract with the government...
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it.
...default passwords installed on commercial machines...
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
In computing, the default is a particular set of instructions which the computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. (COMPUTING)
The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
...default settings.
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v, PHR with cl
If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. (FORMAL)
I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

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