deferred
Americanadjective
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postponed or delayed.
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suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event.
a deferred payment; deferred taxes.
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classified as temporarily exempt from induction into military service.
adjective
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withheld over a certain period; postponed
a deferred payment
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(of shares) ranking behind other types of shares for dividend
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That and other changes sought by the owners, including a ban on deferred contract payments, would have barred contracts such as Shohei Ohtani’s and Juan Soto’s, which have huge deferred balances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
And about $1 billion of any sale would be subtracted to cover the Dodgers’ future commitments on deferred contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
And your $75,000 paper loss does not automatically reduce your taxable gain, because you already have deferred gains from the previous 1031 exchange.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sentencing had been deferred so that background reports could be prepared.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dick Ewell had frozen; he had deferred to Early.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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