deferred

deferred

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːd/

Verb

deferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of defer

Adjective

deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)

1. Delayed; put off till later.

   requested a deferred payment

2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

   The decision was deferred to the regional manager

3. (accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

Synonyms

• (delayed): delayed, postponed

Translations

delayed

Bulgarian: отсрочен (bg) (otsročen), забавен (bg) (zabaven) Czech: odložený Finnish: viivästetty, viivästynyt German: aufgeschoben (de)

Romanian: întârziat (ro) m, întârziată f Russian: отло́женный (ru) (otlóžennyj) Tagalog: inantala Turkish: ertelenmiş (tr), gecikmeli (tr)

yielded

Finnish: alisteinen (fi)

accounting: value not realized

Finnish: jaksotettu (fi) German: -aufschub

Tagalog: inantala Turkish: vadeli (tr)