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deferred en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈfɝd/ (US)
  • /dɪˈfɜːd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Delayed; put off till later.
    • requested a deferred payment
    • In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance. 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
  2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
    • The decision was deferred to the regional manager
  3. Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

Forms

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more deferred Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most deferred Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

deferred prosecution agreement · nondeferred · deferred annuity · undeferred · deferred time

Synonyms

postponed · delayed

Translations (18)

ru отло́женный (delayed) · bg отсрочен (delayed) · tr ertelenmiş (delayed) · ro întârziată (delayed) · fi viivästynyt (delayed) · el αναβαλλόμενος (delayed) · tl inantala (delayed) · fi alisteinen (yielded) · tr gecikmeli (delayed) · cs odložený (delayed) · tr vadeli (accounting: value not realized) · tl inantala (accounting: value not realized) · bg забавен (delayed) · de aufgeschoben (delayed) · fi viivästetty (delayed) · de -aufschub (accounting: value not realized) · fi jaksotettu (accounting: value not realized) · ro întârziat (delayed)

deferred en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈfɝd/ (US)
  • /dɪˈfɜːd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).
  2. A deferred bond.
    • Only some Eurobonds are Euro straights with normal fixed coupons: many have innovative coupon structures, like zeros, deferreds, or step-ups; many are dual-currency (coupon and principal currencies are not the same); […] 2005, Robert Dubil, An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets, page 88:
    • Now you can take the papers back. And let it be a warning to you, Parkinson, not to invest your savings in speculative railway deferreds. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

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deferreds Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

promise

deferred en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈfɝd/ (US)
  • /dɪˈfɜːd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of defer
    form of defer