to defer
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5.5
- verb
- /dɪˈfɜr/
- Formal
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- I asked the dean if I could defer until next semester.
- defer payment
- defer action
- defer the decision
But the point is you defer paying taxes to a future point.
- But the point is you defer paying taxes to a future point.
- But don't worry, you can defer all of your payments for one year.
- And so we're just deferring things to, to get to a better place.
- In order to defer the gain, defer capital gains, right?
- Me, I go and buy a triple net and defer my gains from real estate.
- This allows capital gains taxes to be deferred, AKA push till later.
- It's just sort of like deferring that performance and cost to a later time.
- What a tragedy to defer the rich life until some mythical day.
- You've just deferred it, maybe with some interest attached, right.
- If you want to defer to the next summer, that's cool with us.
- The effects of that were for a long time deferred because of these massive inflows from oil.
- And then, you know, you'd rather sort of defer those things.
- You can get lots of cash flow and you literally can defer your tax if you hold it for a long, long time.
- Economists fear deflation because falling prices leads consumers to defer spending and wait for lower prices.
- You will also have to defer, to put off others for the time being.
Examples
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Further, students must be enrolled at least half-time or more to defer payment of previously incurred student loans.
Academic text (1996) -
Part of me wants to defer this discussion until then.
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I just decided to defer a year.
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I had a place at college, but I had to defer it.
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You defer the tax on the properties for at least five years
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Again, we will defer further consideration of this model for future work.
Academic text (2018) -
But don't worry, you can defer all of your payments for one year.
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With federal loan consolidation, you can defer payments if you wish to resume your academic career.
Blog text (25) -
Under the typical 401(k) participant-directed plan, employees elect to defer pre-tax earnings to what are effectively individual investment accounts.
Academic text (2016) -
I have decided to defer my vacation until next year.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stay in one place or delay action until something happens
562
1.4
To make something happen later than planned
234
3.4
To delay something until a later time because of a problem
166
4.3
To delay doing something on purpose to get more time
113
2.9
Delay something until a later time
109
3.0
Move a planned event to a new time
83
3.9
To delay doing something until someone answers or a situation changes
78
3.8
To wait before doing something
37
4.2
To wait before doing something
30
6.4
To stop something bad from happening for a while
26
6.5
To delay doing something you should do because you avoid it
23
4.1
To delay something on purpose to get more time to prepare
23
3.0
Keep something to use at a later time
16
3.5
Wait before doing something because you feel unsure
13
7.3
To delay discussion or a decision about something until later
12
5.6
To cancel a planned event, often at short notice
11
5.8
To delay a plan or project for a while
11
5.0
To stop work on a plan or project for now
6
4.8
To delay doing something to get more time
2
7.9
To delay something and keep it for later use
1
5.6
To delay dealing with something until later and make it less important
1
4.6
To keep something for use or sale after its planned time
1
6.1
Delay something on purpose to have more time before a decision
1
9.9
To end or delay a session of parliament without breaking it up
Delay a project to work on more important tasks
To wait until tomorrow to do something instead of doing it now
Delay doing something by joking you will do it someday
Antonyms
How Delayed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word defer meaning 'to postpone' comes from the Latin root ferre, which means 'to carry', and appears in words like transfer. It is like 'carrying' an event to another time, so to defer a meeting is to delay it until later.