defaulted
USdi-FAWLT-id/dɪˈfɔltɪd/UKdi-FOLT-id/dɪˈfɒltɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of default.
The borrower defaulted on three consecutive payments before the bank stepped in.
Several nations have defaulted on their sovereign debt during severe financial crises.
Note
One regular -ed form serves as both past tense and participle, but the constructions it allows depend on the meaning. When it means failing to appear, to pay or to compete, the verb takes no object, so it forms active perfects (she had defaulted on the loan) but no passive. Only the meaning of assuming a value when none is given also takes an object: the field was defaulted to zero.
defaulted is a form of default
default, verb: To fail to fulfill a financial obligation, such as repaying a debt. Full entry
- Forms
- defaultdefaults he/she/itdefaulting -ing formdefaulted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- default → defaulted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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