DEFAULTの意味、履行を怠る、債務不履行

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2008.07.03

It's always possible that the bottom will fall out from under you when you're standing on the financial fault line of money lending.

Today's Lesson
DEFAULT   (債務の)履行を怠る、債務不履行

Explanation

  • To default (verb) on, or to be in default on, a loan is to fail to pay it back.

    The noun form is also default.
  • default とは、借金を返済できない、という意味で、default on a loan または、be in default on a loan と使います。

    名詞形も default で、債務不履行、という意味です。

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examples

  1. With interest rates going up, it's getting harder for Tom to make the monthly payments on that expensive sports car he bought last year. I'm worried he might end up defaulting on his loan.
  2. The company is in default on a $2.6 million loan and has filed for bankruptcy.
  3. Banks have lost billions of dollars because of mortgage defaults due to subprime lending.

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