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DEADBEAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deadbeat mean?
• DEADBEAT (noun)
The noun DEADBEAT has 1 sense:
1. someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
Familiarity information: DEADBEAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
deadbeat; defaulter
Hypernyms ("deadbeat" is a kind of...):
debitor; debtor (a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deadbeat"):
deadbeat dad (a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring)
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