adjective
deferred
dih-FURD
adjective
1
Postponed to a later time.
"She accepted a deferred admission offer for the following year."
"Employees can put money into a tax-deferred retirement account."
How to Use Deferred
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Common pairings
deferred payment
deferred sentence
tax-deferred
Word Forms
more deferred comparative, deferreds plural, most deferred superlative
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She accepted a _____ admission offer for the following year.