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[dih-fawlt, dee-fawlt] / dɪˈfɔlt, ˈdiˌfɔlt /




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Default rates are likely to rise for software, but only over the coming years, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The move will mean that Manx Utilities' electricity tarrifs will be above the new Default Tariff Cap from April, however, it said it expected electricity charges to remain "broadly in line with average UK levels".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

The Proskauer Private Credit Default Index jumped to 2.46% in the fourth quarter of 2025, from 1.76% six months earlier.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Default swaps can be volatile and thinly traded, but the upward trend on spreads has remained consistent for months.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

Default in payments to Treasury made by Thomas.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas




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