deferred charge

American  

noun

1. an expenditure shown as a cost of operation carried forward and written off in one or more future periods.

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Example Sentences

Under "pressure" not to send more cases to courts already overloaded due to Covid-19, police instead put him through a deferred charge programme - Pathfinder - and a thinking skills course.

From BBC

After the assaults he carried out in September 2020, police made the decision to refer him to a Devon and Cornwall Police deferred charge scheme called Pathfinder.

From BBC

Berkshire also boosted a related deferred charge asset by $1.7 billion, and estimated its year-end net liability under the contract was $10.7 billion.

From Reuters

Berkshire also boosted a related deferred charge asset by $1.7 billion, and estimated its year-end net liability under the contract was $10.7 billion.

From Reuters

Here's what to do if regulators have accused your company of improper conduct: --If you paid your broker a load, or sales commission, when you bought the fund, you should bail only if doing so will not trigger a back-end, or deferred, charge.

From Time Magazine Archive