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de⋅ferred

  [di-furd]
Use Deferred in a Sentence
–adjective
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.
Origin:
1645–55; defer 1 + -ed 2

de⋅fer

1  [di-fur] verb, -ferred, -fer⋅ring.
–verb (used with object)
1. to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
2. to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
–verb (used without object)
3. to put off action; delay.
Origin:
1325–75; ME deferren, var. of differren to differ

Related forms:
de⋅fer⋅rer, noun

Synonyms:
1. Defer, delay, postpone imply keeping something from occurring until a future time. To defer is to decide to do something later on: to defer making a payment. To delay is sometimes equivalent to defer, but usually it is to act in a dilatory manner and thus lay something aside: to delay one's departure. To postpone a thing is to put it off to (usually) some particular time in the future, with the intention of beginning or resuming it then: to postpone an election. 3. procrastinate.

de⋅fer

2  [di-fur] verb, -ferred, -fer⋅ring.
–verb (used without object)
1. to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually fol. by to): We all defer to him in these matters.
–verb (used with object)
2. to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME deferren < L dēferre to carry from or down, report, accuse, equiv. to dē- de- + ferre to bear 1

Synonyms:
1. accede, submit, acquiesce, capitulate.
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de·fer 1   (dĭ-fûr')   
v.   de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers

v.   tr.

  1. To put off; postpone.

  2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).

v.   intr.
To procrastinate.

[Middle English differren, to postpone, differ; see differ.]
de·fer'ra·ble adj., de·fer'rer n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to put off until a later time: deferred paying the bills; postponing our trip; shelved the issue; stay an execution; suspending train service.
de·fer 2   (dĭ-fûr')   
v.   de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers

v.   intr.
To submit to the opinion, wishes, or decision of another through respect or in recognition of his or her authority, knowledge, or judgment. See Synonyms at yield.
v.   tr.
To commit or entrust to another.

[Middle English deferen, from Old French deferer, from Latin dēferre, to carry away, refer to : dē-, de- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
de·fer'rer n.
de·ferred   (dĭ-fûrd')   
adj.  

  1. Postponed or delayed: deferred gratification; deferred military draft.

  2. Withheld until a future date: deferred benefits; a deferred payment.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

defer  (1)
"delay," c.1375, from O.Fr. differer, from L. differre "set apart, put off, delay," also "be different, differ," from dis- "apart" + ferre "carry" (see infer). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., partly by association of this word with delay.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: de·ferred
Pronunciation: di-'f&rd
Function: adjective
: withheld or delayed for or until a stated time deferred payment> <deferred prosecution>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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