defaulter
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7.1
- noun
- /dɪˈfɔːltər/
- Specialized
:
moroso
- The bank declared him a defaulter after he missed several loan payments.
- loan defaulters
Examples
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Furthermore, many defaulters are housing speculators, not families caught up in an adjustable-rate mortgage they did not understand.
Blog text (32) -
Blame looks away from those issues and focuses on the defaulter.
Blog text (11) -
The figures thus acquired were still subject to error, since subsequent investigation revealed many defaulters.
Academic text (1990) -
In one weekend alone, two dozen defaulters had gone to Thohoyandou; maybe there was an anti-insurance convention there.
Fiction book (1996) -
In addition, a whole barrage of crippling economic and political reprisals could be directed against any defaulter.
Academic text (1991) -
In an attempt to recover money on the defaulted loans, the Education Department paid more than $1.4 billion last fiscal year to collection agencies and other groups to hunt down defaulters.
Blog text (14) -
Occupy describes the vast swaths of America's debtors as "an invisible army of defaulters."
Blog text (27) -
As a defaulter, she faced legal consequences for failing to repay her debts.
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The company has become notorious for being a defaulter on its financial commitments.
Synonyms
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7.6
A person who does not pay money they owe and avoids responsibility
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9.9
A person who does not pay money they owe after losing a bet
A person who buys but does not pay their bills
A person who does not pay money they owe to a bank or credit company on time
Antonyms
How Delinquent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defaulter comes from default, an old word for 'failure' or 'lack', plus the ending -er that names a person. Think of fault — a defaulter is someone who fails to do what they must, so a financial defaulter is someone who does not pay a debt.