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Default - Financial definition

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Translations:      FR  défaut de paiement (n.m.)     ES  impago (n.m.) , suspenión de pago (n.f.)     DE  Zahlungsausfall (n.m.) 

Concise definition of the term default

Term designing the failure by a counterparty to fulfill its financial obligations on an instrument or transaction e.g. failure to repay interest or principal on a bond, failure to make a margin call in a futures transaction, or failure to make interest payments in a swap.

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Bond  •  Futures contract  •  Interest  •  Swap

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