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Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
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deadbeat
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dead beat \dead` beat"\ (d[e^]d`b[=e]t"), deadbeat \dead"beat`\(d[e^]d"b[=e]t`). a loafer, sponger, or swindler; especially, one who does not pay his debts. Same as Beat , n., 7. [Low, U.S.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of an instrument English) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation 2 defaulting on one's debts 3 defeated or exhausted n. 1 A lazy and/or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He quickly landed a job as a bill collector for $ 60 a month, squeezing deadbeats for an ice company.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deadbeat is an American supernatural comedy series created by Cody Heller and Brett Konner about medium Kevin Pacalioglu, played by Tyler Labine , and was first released on Hulu on April 9, 2014. Three seasons were broadcast before Hulu canceled the series ...
Usage examples of deadbeat.
Mary Emerson was on the verge of becoming the first woman president when she told a reporter there were a lot of deadbeats on Medicaid.
We could locate deadbeat dads, and make them pay back the money their children so badly need.
If she was going to be stuck with dutch treat, or, god forbid, if he was the kind of deadbeat who claimed he had forgotten his wallet, he could damn well get stuffed, as if he hadn't already.
She argued that those Kiwis who remained would have enough to do keeping mutton and fish on the table without supporting deadbeat politicians.
I had no rich clients or any clients at all except for an appliance outfit that had hired me to do a skip-trace on one of its deadbeat customers.
I can't think of a chemi-dealer who offs his deadbeat clients by surgically removing vital organs, but stranger things have happened.