Sentence examples for make default from inspiring English sources
verb
To fail to appear or answer.
It was Microsoft's idea, after all, to make "default" Internet connections a feature of Windows 98.
And these high interest rates, by raising the burden of debt service, make default more likely.
Indeed, the creation of a big bail-out fund was meant to make default unthinkable.
By lowering the borrowers' monthly payments, refinancing would make default less likely.
They say it would make default easier and, whatever the Fund's official line, would increase the power of an institution that is driven by politics more than economics.
There are creative ways to make default less painful; trying to pretend it will not happen is not one of them.
An improving economy might make defaults seem less likely and cause banks to write up the value of loans on their books, thus raising reported profits.
By appearing to make defaulting on the debt legitimate and manageable, it would heighten the risk that a default will actually occur.
But low—"subprime"—credit standards made default more likely.
Such a situation makes default — or at least involuntary default — impossible because the government can print dollars if need be.
Then, as now, it was hoped that making default less messy would prevent costly bail-outs that served only to rescue a few lucky private creditors.
