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verb
- 1. put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone: "they deferred the decision until February"
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to delay something until a later time: defer action/a decision The committee decided to defer a decision on the takeover bid until a later date. defer tax / payment. defer doing sth The scheme enables investors to defer paying taxes on the gain.
The meaning of DEFER is put off, delay. How to use defer in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Defer.
to delay something until a later time: defer action/a decision The committee decided to defer a decision on the takeover bid until a later date. defer tax / payment. defer doing sth The scheme enables investors to defer paying taxes on the gain.
To defer is to decide to do something later on: to defer making a payment. To delay is sometimes equivalent to defer , but usually it is to act in a dilatory manner and thus lay something aside: to delay one's departure.
Defer definition: to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time. See examples of DEFER used in a sentence.
To defer is to decide to do something at a more convenient time in the future; it often suggests avoidance: to defer making a payment. delay is sometimes equivalent to defer, but it usu. suggests a hindrance or dilatory tactic: Completion of the work was deferred by bad weather.
defer (doing) something to delay something until a later time synonym put off The department deferred the decision for six months. She had applied for deferred admission to college.
Defer means to put off or delay. You can try to defer the inevitable by pushing “snooze” and falling back asleep, but eventually you're going to have to get up. If you're excellent at pushing things to a later date and a master at procrastination, then you already know how to defer.
DEFER definition: to arrange for something to happen at a later time: . Learn more.
Definition of defer verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
