defaulturen.
/dᵻˈfɔːltʃə/, U.S. /dəˈfɔltʃər/, /diˈfɔltʃər/, /dəˈfɑltʃər/, /diˈfɑltʃər/ The action or fact of failing to fulfil an obligation or to perform a task or duty; spec. financial default.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > failure to meet obligations
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1632 Indenture in N. N. Narr. Drayning Fenns (1661) 3 If any one of the aforesaid parties..should fail in the payment of such moneys..then it should be lawfull to, and for the rest of the said parties..to supply the same, or to admit some other person, or persons, to have the share of such defaulture, paying the summ imposed on the said share.
1778 London Evening-Post 24 Feb. Lord North's bill.., at one stroke of the pen, expunges the defaulture of the Colonies.
1865 Bradford Observer 30 Nov. 5/3 We regret to learn that Mr Reeves's defaulture was owing to serious indisposition, which has prevented his fulfilling engagements in Glasgow and Nottingham.
1922 Sat. Evening Post 28 Oct. 110/2 Spinster aunts whose prolonged dalliance under the mistletoe makes defaulture impossible.
1994 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 36 715 Backing up the landlords' efforts to extract more from the peasants were endemic debt and summary seizure for defaulture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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