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

Argentina - a serial defaulter which has long battled high inflation, currency weakness and indebtedness - struck a $57 billion deal with the IMF in 2018 to try and fix its economic woes.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2023

It could trigger a so-called "cross default" on Evergrande's roughly $19bn of international bonds, putting it at risk of becoming China's biggest defaulter.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021

Denzil Onslow, the receiver-general, had been declared a defaulter to the amount of �10,000; and Stone, Onslow's successor, after two or three years' tenure of the appointment, had died in debt to the Crown.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert