deferred

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːd/

deferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of defer

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.

• (delayed): delayed, postponed