Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. delay; hindrance
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Hindrance.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lingering; stay; delay; loitering.
Etymologies
Examples
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Morgan Hook, a spokesman for Paterson, said the administration's position has been consistent since the "delayment" was announced: schools would be made whole if the funds became available.
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At an Americorps kick-off event that was not a political fund-raiser, the governor offered a worst-case assessment of what might happen if no action is taken to address a $3 billion midyear budget imbalance: “furloughs, layoffs, borrowing, downgraded credit ratings, delayment of payments to schools, delayment of payments to local governments, delayed payments to service providers, delayed payments to the workforce.”
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My Thanksgiving entry sure has been delayed a full three months, a far cry from the initial non-delayment plans.
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And the Friday after that week following, he appeared to him again all angry, and blamed him grievously of his delayment and negligence.
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