- deferment/deferral
- deferment/deferral [n] postponement adjournment, delay, holdover*, moratorium, pause, putting off*, stay, suspension; concepts 121,130 —Ant. advance, expedition, forging
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Deferral (disambiguation) — Deferral or deferment may refer to: Deferral, in accounting Deferment – postponement of military conscription in the United States, particularly student deferments Student loan deferment – postponement of payment of a student loan University… … Wikipedia
deferment — de‧fer‧ment [dɪˈfɜːmənt ǁ ɜːr ] also de‧fer‧ral [dɪˈfɜːrəl] noun [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE TAX FINANCE the act of delaying something, or the period of the delay itself: • The ban … Financial and business terms
deferment period — ➔ period * * * deferment period UK US noun [C] (also deferral period) ► INSURANCE in the UK, an agreed period of time that a person who has health insurance must be ill before the insurance company begins making payments to them: »Insurance… … Financial and business terms
deferral — UK US /dɪˈfɜːrəl/ noun [C or U] ► DEFERMENT(Cf. ↑deferment) … Financial and business terms
deferral period — UK US noun [C] ► INSURANCE DEFERMENT PERIOD(Cf. ↑deferment period) … Financial and business terms
deferment — I noun adjournment, cunctation, dalliance, deferral, delay, dilatormess, extension, extension of time, interruption, moratorium, postponement, procrastination, prolongation, prorogation, putting off, respite, stoppage, suspension, tabling,… … Law dictionary
deferral — index deferment, extension (postponement), moratorium Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deferment — [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əldē fʉr′mənt, difʉr′mənt] n. a deferring or being deferred; postponement: also deferral [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əl] … English World dictionary
deferral — [[t]dɪfɜ͟ːrəl[/t]] deferrals N VAR Deferral means the same as deferment … English dictionary
deferral — Ⅰ. defer [1] ► VERB (deferred, deferring) ▪ put off to a later time; postpone. DERIVATIVES deferment noun deferral noun. ORIGIN Latin differre, from ferre bring, carry . Ⅱ … English terms dictionary
