7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun loss due to not showing up
noun act of failing to meet a financial obligation
noun loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
originFrom Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”).
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