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The term deadbeat may refer to:
- Deadbeat is an emocore band from Enschede, the Netherlands www.deadbeat.nl
- Deadbeat, the stage name of Canadian electronica musician Scott Montieth
- Dead Beat, a book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
- dead beat control, a problem in discrete control theory of finding an optimal input sequence that will bring the system output to a given setpoint in a finite number of time steps.
- deadbeat escapement, a type of escapement in clocks
- deadbeat parent, a parent that has freely chosen not to financially support their children
- Deadbeat, a term used by Credit card corporations to refer to cardholders who maintain a zero balance.