defaulter

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Five years after becoming Africa's first Covid-era debt defaulter, Zambia is seeing a dramatic turnaround in fortunes as major powers vie for access to its vast reserves of copper.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

It’s my understanding that the defaulter put down $2,000 and my friend cosigned for him to borrow the rest.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

China Evergrande Group, set to be China’s biggest defaulter, saw its shares ease 0.6%, as it struggles to repay more than $300 billion in liabilities.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2022

CAP discovered that, in 2017, the median defaulter borrowed a little more than $9,600, while borrowers who did not default took out almost twice as much at the median.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2019

The result of this order was to cause the defaulter to ram his spurs into his horse’s flanks, and start off along the hillside at a gallop.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram