Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Postponed or delayed.
- adjective Withheld until a future date.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
delay of anaction . - adjective Of or pertaining to
yielding to someone else's decision or judgment. - adjective accounting Of or pertaining to a
value that is notrealized until a future date, e.g.annuities ,charges ,taxes ,income , either as anasset orliability . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
defer .
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Examples
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And I want to emphasize, Larry, if I might this is what they call a deferred emergency and I believe someone said it a few minutes ago, you know.
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Short term deferred values increased to $192.5 million up 25% year-over-year.
unknown title 2011
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The Treasury Department and the FHFA in 2009 approved pay packages that allow for long-term deferred compensation and bonuses pay worth millions in cash, largely because the firms' shares became worthless after the government's takeover.
Report Cites Fannie, Freddie Executive Pay Nick Timiraos 2011
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He got a $500,000 raise to $1.35 million annually and will pocket another $1.4 million in deferred pay if he stays through the seven-year term of the agreement.
Missouri shows how schools pay a price for football success 2009
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I agree that tax deferred is not the same thing as tax free, but it's closer.
U.S. as Debtor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"A dream once deferred is now being fulfilled," Gov.
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Hillwood also alleges the Mavericks are on the hook for more than $300 million in deferred compensation payments.
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The companies' regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, in consultation with the Treasury Department, approved pay packages in December 2009 that allow for long-term deferred compensation and bonus pay worth millions in cash.
Lawmakers Target Fannie, Freddie Pay Alan Zibel 2011
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The FHFA, in consultation with the Treasury Department, approved pay packages that allow for long-term deferred compensation and bonus pay valued at millions in cash.
Lawmakers Target Fannie, Freddie Pay Alan Zibel 2011
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"A dream once deferred is now being fulfilled," Gov.
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