Object

• gratification: But in an age where few are prepared to defer gratification, resistance among developers to the promise of instant ecommerce functionality is crumbling.

• repayment: If you do not defer repayment, you will then receive a schedule of the monthly repayments you will make between April and August.

• decision: The Task Force agreed to defer a final decision on the paper.

• payment: No Can you defer the payments at the start of your loan?

• consideration: Again I defer the detailed consideration of the question whether the European Convention does or does not apply.

Infinitive complement

• allow: Members decided to defer to allow investigations to be held into how a liaison group would work.

Present participle complement

• purchase: In particular, they may find it attractive to be able to defer purchasing an annuity at times when annuity rates are unfavorable.

• draw: Of course, it would be unrealistic to defer drawing a pension if one didn't have a source of income in the meantime.

Modifying Another Word

• subsequently: The application was subsequently deferred due to a lack of time.

Used with why or when

• where: This recognition should only be deferred where there are reasons for believing the farmer will not be able to comply.

Infinitive complement

• enable: The second, on marriage law, has been deferred to enable us to take into account Parliament's wishes on civil partnership legislation.

Present participle complement

• pend: Letter to monitoring network had been deferred pending discussion at item 9 of present agenda.

Preposition: until

• meeting: Arrangements are to be deferred until the next meeting.

Preposition: for

• consideration: Consequently, eight planning applications have been deferred for consideration to an adjourned meeting to be held on 21 December at 7.30 pm.

• month: She said she was asking for the application to be deferred for 1 month.

• discussion: They show that where the Cabinet failed to agree or a decision was deferred for further discussion.