1.  default(n = noun.act) - loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"
is a kind of loss, absence

2.  default(n = noun.possession) nonpayment, nonremittal - act of failing to meet a financial obligation;
is a kind of failure
Derived form verb default₁

3.  default(n = noun.possession) nonpayment, nonremittal - loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid;
is a kind of financial loss
has particulars: delinquency
Derived form verb default₁

4.  default(n = noun.cognition) default option - an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified;
is a kind of alternative, choice, option

   default(v = verb.possession) default on - fail to pay up;
is one way to fail, neglect
Antonym: pay up
Derived forms noun default₃, noun default₂, noun defaulter₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

default, n. & v.
--n.
1 failure to fulfil an obligation, esp. to appear, pay, or act in some way.
2 lack, absence.
3 a preselected option adopted by a computer program when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.
--v.
1 intr. fail to fulfil an obligation, esp. to pay money or to appear in a lawcourt.
2 tr. declare (a party) in default and give judgement against that party.

Idiom:
go by default
1 be ignored because of absence.
2 be absent. in default of because of the absence of. judgement by default judgement given for the plaintiff on the defendant's failure to plead. win by default win because an opponent fails to be present.

Etymology:
ME f. OF defaut(e) f. defaillir fail f. Rmc (as DE-, L fallere deceive): cf. FAIL

N  debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score, bill, check, account (credit), arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower, indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due, aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, neither a borrower nor a lender be.

N  nonpayment, default, defalcation, protest, repudiation, application of the sponge, whitewashing, insolvency, bankruptcy, failure, insufficiency, run upon a bank, overdrawn account, waste paper bonds, dishonored bills, protested bills, bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check, bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter, not paying, non-paying, non-performing, in debt, behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears, beggared, unable to make both ends meet, minus, worse than nothing, worthless, insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted, unpaid, gratis, unremunerated.

N  shortcoming, failure, falling short, default, defalcation, leeway, labor in vain, no go, incompleteness, imperfection, insufficiency, noncompletion, failure, unreached, deficient, short, short of, minus, out of depth, perfunctory, within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds, behindhand, re infecta, to no purpose, for from it, the bubble burst.

N  neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric), trifler, waiter on Providence, Micawber, neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel, negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam, Int, never mind, no matter, let it pass, out of sight, out of mind.

default judgement, default judgment, default on, default option, judgement by default, judgment by default