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انگلیسی

فعل

1. قصور کردن؛ نکول کردن

   People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.

اسم

1. پیشنهاده؛ پیشفرض؛ پیش‌انگاشته:

   Unless something else is agreed, the default is to meet at the hotel at 7.00 p.m.

   The computer will take 0 as the default value, unless you type in something different.

2. عدم پرداخت؛ قصور در پرداخت؛ غفلت؛ کوتاهی:

   Defaults on loan repayments have reached 52,000 a month.

   Any default on your mortgage payments may mean you will lose your house.

   Since they refuse to reply, I think we've won the argument by default (= because of their failure to act).

   The national student loan default rate (= the number of people failing to pay) is estimated at one in ten.