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Definitions for Deferred

[1] postponed or delayed.
[2] suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event: a deferred payment; deferred taxes.
[3] classified as temporarily exempt from induction into military service.
[4] to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
[5] to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
[6] to put off action; delay.
[7] to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually followed by to ): We all defer to him in these matters.
[8] to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
[9] withheld over a certain period; postponed a deferred payment
[10] (of shares) ranking behind other types of shares for dividend
[11] (tr) to delay or cause to be delayed until a future time; postpone
[12] (intr foll by to ) to yield (to) or comply (with) the wishes or judgments of another I defer to your superior knowledge

Words related to Deferred

postponed, delayed, negotiated, protracted, prolonged, retarded, charged, remanded, stalled, scrubbed, renegotiated, indebted

Words nearby Deferred

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Origin of Deferred

21400–50; late Middle English deferren < Latin dēferre to carry from or down, report, accuse, equivalent to dē- de- + ferre to bear1

Other words from Deferred

un·de·ferred , adjective
well-de·ferred , adjective
de·fer·rer , noun

Word origin for Deferred

C15: from Latin dēferre, literally: to bear down, from de- + ferre to bear

Synonyms for Deferred

delayed, negotiated, postponed, adjourned, assessed, charged, funded, pigeonholed, prolonged, protracted, remanded, renegotiated, retarded, scrubbed, stalled, temporized, held up, in waiting, indebted, on hold, on the shelf, staved off