deferred
About 3.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb simple past and past participle of defer
- adjective Delayed; put off till later.
requested a deferred payment
- adjective Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
The decision was deferred to the regional manager
- adjective Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.
- noun Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
- noun A deferred bond.
Similar words
postponed delayed postpone postponement deferment deferral delaying delay adjourn withheld
Often followed by
to until compensation tax payment income for payments till
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