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Put off to later.

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Usage examples (34)
  • A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
  • Requested a deferred payment
  • Adjective : a deferred payment; deferred taxes
  • Verb (used with object) : The decision has been deferred by the board until next week
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  • Word of the 2009 Nat. Spelling Bee finals.[pellingbeeshirleys!Field2]
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