deferredadj.

/dɪˈfəːd/

Etymology: < defer v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.

Postponed, put off for a time, delayed. deferred annuity, an annuity that does not begin till after a certain period or number of years, or till the occurrence of a future event, as the decease of some person. deferred bonds: see quot. 1882. deferred pay, a part of the pay of a soldier, etc., which is held over to be paid at his discharge, or at death; in the British Army the amount of deferred pay for soldiers and non-commissioned officers is twopence a day; to men in the reserve force the amount is paid annually. deferred payment, payment that is postponed; spec. payment in instalments (see quot. 1951); also figurative. deferred rate, a cheaper rate charged for a telegram, cable, etc., which may be delayed in transit. deferred shares, deferred stock: see quot. 1882. deferred shoot: see quot. 1883¹. deferred telegram, one not for immediate delivery (see quot. 1908).

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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed

remiss?1518

adjourned1538

delayed1548

long-delayed1548

lag1552

prorogued1552

dilated1556

lagging1597

retardate1598

fristeda1600

lagged1602

retarded1636

deferred1651

prorogatory1672

lated1676

postponed1819

protracted1838

suspended1848

put-off1871

hung up1878

held1906

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment

party payment1495

part payment1496

estallment1738

instalment1776

deferred payment1863

time payment1927

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 198 An immediate, or a not long deferr'd event.

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 215 That no surprise might be put upon y^r Excellency by the defered hearing.

1792 A. Hamilton Wks. (1885) II. 330 The 1st of January, 1802, when the deferred debt will become redeemable.

1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1849) 792 A sum..will then become due and payable on the deferred stock.

1804 J. Poole Narr. Foreign Corps 63 My first knowledge of the deferred list.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. ii. 66 'Tis my hate and the deferred desire To wreak it, which extinguishes their blood.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 381 The effect..of bitter regrets and of deferred hopes.

1863 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Dec. Information regarding free selection, conditional purchase, deferred payment, or grazing rights.

1863 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Dec. In the year previous to free selection and deferred payment, that is, during the year 1861.

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (at cited word) Deferred Bonds are bonds issued by a Government or by a company, entitling the holder to a gradually increasing rate of interest, till the interest amount to a certain specified rate, when they are classed as, or are converted into Active Bonds. Deferred Shares are shares issued by a Trading Company, but not entitling the holder to a full share of the profits of the company, and sometimes to none at all, until the expiration of a specified time, or the occurrence of some event.

1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Deferred shoots, the shoots produced from dormant buds in the axils of bud-scales.

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 545/2 The training undergone for the sake of the future recompense which forms the deferred payment.

1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iii. iii. 115 The Standard of Deferred Payments, usually called the Standard of Value.

1889 Whitaker's Almanack 645 Deferred pay is an additional payment of £3 per annum made to all non-commissioned officers and soldiers on discharge who have fulfilled certain conditions.

1896 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 610/1 It is this system of ‘deferred payment’, as it may be called, that enables the speculator to deal in shares although he may not possess any appreciable capital.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Deferred payment, a legal phrase. ‘Land on deferred payment’; ‘Deferred payment settler’; ‘Pastoral deferred payment’. These expressions in New Zealand have reference to the mode of statutory alienation of Crown lands.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 18 June 4/2 The introduction of the deferred-payment system in connexion with the automobile business.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 10/1 All deferred rate telegrams are posted instead of being wired.

1929 Times 2 Feb. 8/3 The cost of ‘Urgent’ telegram to be 1s., and ‘Deferred’ 6d., for 15 words.

1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VII. 148/2 The other system of instalment selling is called ‘deferred payments’. A written agreement is drawn up, as for a hire-purchase transaction, but the goods become the property of the buyer after payment of the first deposit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	deferred
释义	deferredadj. /dɪˈfəːd/ Etymology: < defer v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. Postponed, put off for a time, delayed. deferred annuity, an annuity that does not begin till after a certain period or number of years, or till the occurrence of a future event, as the decease of some person. deferred bonds: see quot. 1882. deferred pay, a part of the pay of a soldier, etc., which is held over to be paid at his discharge, or at death; in the British Army the amount of deferred pay for soldiers and non-commissioned officers is twopence a day; to men in the reserve force the amount is paid annually. deferred payment, payment that is postponed; spec. payment in instalments (see quot. 1951); also figurative. deferred rate, a cheaper rate charged for a telegram, cable, etc., which may be delayed in transit. deferred shares, deferred stock: see quot. 1882. deferred shoot: see quot. 1883¹. deferred telegram, one not for immediate delivery (see quot. 1908). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment party payment1495 part payment1496 estallment1738 instalment1776 deferred payment1863 time payment1927 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 198 An immediate, or a not long deferr'd event. 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 215 That no surprise might be put upon y^r Excellency by the defered hearing. 1792 A. Hamilton Wks. (1885) II. 330 The 1st of January, 1802, when the deferred debt will become redeemable. 1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1849) 792 A sum..will then become due and payable on the deferred stock. 1804 J. Poole Narr. Foreign Corps 63 My first knowledge of the deferred list. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. ii. 66 'Tis my hate and the deferred desire To wreak it, which extinguishes their blood. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 381 The effect..of bitter regrets and of deferred hopes. 1863 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Dec. Information regarding free selection, conditional purchase, deferred payment, or grazing rights. 1863 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Dec. In the year previous to free selection and deferred payment, that is, during the year 1861. 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (at cited word) Deferred Bonds are bonds issued by a Government or by a company, entitling the holder to a gradually increasing rate of interest, till the interest amount to a certain specified rate, when they are classed as, or are converted into Active Bonds. Deferred Shares are shares issued by a Trading Company, but not entitling the holder to a full share of the profits of the company, and sometimes to none at all, until the expiration of a specified time, or the occurrence of some event. 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Deferred shoots, the shoots produced from dormant buds in the axils of bud-scales. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 545/2 The training undergone for the sake of the future recompense which forms the deferred payment. 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. iii. iii. 115 The Standard of Deferred Payments, usually called the Standard of Value. 1889 Whitaker's Almanack 645 Deferred pay is an additional payment of £3 per annum made to all non-commissioned officers and soldiers on discharge who have fulfilled certain conditions. 1896 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Sept. 610/1 It is this system of ‘deferred payment’, as it may be called, that enables the speculator to deal in shares although he may not possess any appreciable capital. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Deferred payment, a legal phrase. ‘Land on deferred payment’; ‘Deferred payment settler’; ‘Pastoral deferred payment’. These expressions in New Zealand have reference to the mode of statutory alienation of Crown lands. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 18 June 4/2 The introduction of the deferred-payment system in connexion with the automobile business. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 10/1 All deferred rate telegrams are posted instead of being wired. 1929 Times 2 Feb. 8/3 The cost of ‘Urgent’ telegram to be 1s., and ‘Deferred’ 6d., for 15 words. 1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VII. 148/2 The other system of instalment selling is called ‘deferred payments’. A written agreement is drawn up, as for a hire-purchase transaction, but the goods become the property of the buyer after payment of the first deposit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1651
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