- postponed
- having the rights, interest, or payment withheld until a certain date: a deferred annuity
Origin of deferred
past participle of defer
adjective
- An example of deferred is a project that has been put on the back burner.
- An example of deferred is income or interest which will be not be paid until a certain date.
The definition of deferred is put off or delayed.
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deferred
adjective
- Postponed or delayed: deferred gratification; deferred military draft.
- Withheld until a future date: deferred benefits; a deferred payment.
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Adjective
(comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)
Verb
- simple past tense and past participle of defer
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Sentence Examples
- The construction of railways was long deferred and slowly accomplished.
- But the question was only deferred and not settled.
- It will no doubt aid the understanding of the functions of the latter if some explanation is offered of the needs met by the former, which are sometimes known technically as " deferred deliveries."
- If the crop failed, payment was deferred and no interest could be charged for that year.
- (iii.) The general statement of the laws of operation of fractions is perhaps best deferred until we come to fractional numbers, when letters can be used to express the laws of multiplication and division of such numbers.
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