deferred
pronunciation
How to pronounce deferred in British English:
UK [dɪ'fɜ:d]
How to pronounce deferred in American English:
US [dɪ'fɜd]
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- Adjective:
- put off to later
Word Origin
- deferred (adj.)
- "delayed," 1660s, past participle adjective from defer (v.1).
Example
- 1. Can deferred bonuses and clawbacks be made to stick ?
- 2. A big chunk of bonuses will be deferred , so that if firms fail bankers will lose out .
- 3. Group deferred tax assets to be recovered .
- 4. But the exact decisions on reorganising quotas was deferred until 2012 .
- 5. There will be some opportunities in the shifting priorities of defence budgets closer to home , especially when the supplanting of older weapons systems is being deferred .