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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