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/dɪˈfɜːd/
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Deferred means postponed or delayed. It can be used to describe a payment or action that is not yet due or has been put off. For example, "The rent payment was deferred until next month."

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"deferred" as verb

1 - To delay or postpone

2 - After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

3 - To delay, to wait.

"deferred" as verb

1 - To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.

2 - To render, to offer.

"deferred" as noun

1 - A deferred bond.

"deferred" as adjective

1 - Delayed; put off till later.

2 - Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

3 - Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes and income, either as an asset or liability.

"deferred" as noun

1 - An oath or affirmation; a vow

2 - A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use

3 - Reason to expect improvement or success; potential

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Synonyms
1 - postponed
2 - delayed
3 - postponed
4 - put off
5 - postponed
6 - postponed
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Antonyms
1 - urgent
2 - prompt
3 - present
4 - now
5 - real-time
6 - swift
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Examples in Context

1 - He was thrilled to open an account that offered deferred payment plans.

1 - Él estaba emocionado de abrir una cuenta que ofreciera planes de pago diferido .

2 - Establish a tax deferred pension plan for yourself and your employees.

2 - Establecer un plan de retiro diferido para usted y para sus empleados.

3 - His mortgage featured a deferred payment option for the first year.

3 - Su hipoteca incluía una opción de pago aplazado para el primer año.

4 - A deferred payment made the vacation package much easier to afford.

4 - Un pago aplazado hizo que el paquete de vacaciones fuera mucho más asequible.

5 - She appreciated the deferred payment plan for the expensive software subscription.

5 - Ella agradeció el plan de pago postergado para la costosa suscripción de software.

6 - After discussions, we accepted a deferred salary increase until the end of the year.

6 - Después de las discusiones, aceptamos un aumento salarial postergado hasta fin de año.

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