Deferred

What do we mean by deferred?

Postponed or delayed. adjective

Withheld until a future date. adjective

Of or pertaining to delay of an action. adjective

Of or pertaining to yielding to someone else's decision or judgment. adjective

Of or pertaining to a value that is not realized until a future date, e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, income, either as an asset or liability. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of defer. verb

To delay or postpone

After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

To delay, to wait.

Words that are spelled similarly to deferred:
deferred, deterred, referred, deferrer, deferre, preferred, inferred, demurred, deserted, defeated, deferral, deformed, deserved, referrer, defected, debarred, refereed, defensed, deterrer, defended, demersed, deburred, deforced, deterged, demerged, deferrers, referre.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word deferred:
deferral, adjudication, annuity, gratification, annuities, shading, comp, compensation, prosecution, disposition, indefinitely, payment, obedience, pending, maintenance, probation, freud, deportation, rendering, plea, expense, inspection, liability, asset, employee, defendant, sentence, tax, childhood, judgment, pension, accounting, consideration, assets, salary, agreement, acceptance, decision, admission, action, cash, taxes, profit, lighting, retirement, pay, fees, delayed, costs, charges, option, shares, plans, immigration, revenue, acquisition, contracts, debt, pursue, plan, benefit, till, request, income, matters, options.

Words that rhyme with deferred:
bluebird, bird, word, absurd, incurred, nerd, herd, heard, occurred, preferred, deterred, curd, inferred, third, gird, demurred, hummingbird, referred, crossword, byword, transferred, keyword, catbird, conferred, hurd, concurred, gerd, foreword, kingbird, watchword, mockingbird, blurred, interred, byrd, root word, thunderbird, spurred, ladybird, password, firebird, snowbird, stirred, songbird, kurd, redbird, undeterred, catchword, recurred, fairy bluebird, umbrella bird, burred, sunbird, slurred, unheard, ferd, reword, cowherd, overheard, furred, coastal diving bird, flightless bird, key word, flying bird, misheard, word for word, canary bird, aquatic bird, gray catbird, purred, adjutant bird, game bird, gallows bird, whirred, frigate bird, shorebird, burd, elephant bird, indigo bird, bean curd, uncured, baby bird, curse word, send word, rifleman bird, sea bird, crocodile bird, myna bird, wading bird, secretary bird, theater of the absurd, chauffeured, hird, alward, ant bird, water bird, eastern kingbird, weasel word, good word, baltimore bird, phoebe bird.

Adjectives that are often used to describe deferred:
hope, tax, payment, some, initially, relative.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective deferred:
payments, payment, compensation, taxes, charges, plan, maintenance, plans, annuity, assets, entrance, liability, admission, income, gratification, asset, tax, action, imitation, account, annuities, basis, liabilities, charge, accounts, revenue, pay, hope, costs, credits, shares, credit, expense, expenses, gain, exchange, items, stock, profit, benefits, interest, arrangement, treatment, taxation, arrangements, judgment, rebates, wages, terms, demand, hopes, contract, amount, consideration, wage, benefit, contracts, visit, sales, exchanges, dower, consumption, rebate, amounts, dividends, balance, marriage, status, revenues, expenditure, delivery, bonds, agreement, savings, pension, sale, sentence, mode, pattern, scheme, decision, investment, portion, gains, provision, gifts, prosecution, cost, investments, retirement, earnings, debt, policies, execution.

Consonant match to deferred:
defied, differed, deaf aid, diffide, deaf-aid, de fide, deford, duford, deaf heard, diffid, dufford.

Words that sound like deferred:
deferred, differed, deford, duford, dufort, dithered, differ, defer, defied, defraud, defrayed, teaford, dared, duffer, deafer, dunford, dufur, defra, defeat, divert, deterred, differs, defray, dard, dillard, dift, defers, defat, dord, dafydd, doored, doffer, hufford, doofer, dafur, dickered, danford, dowered, tiered, referred, teared, halford, tilford, hayford, hafford, twiford, deft, dullard, duffers, duft, duffed, dither, tethered, dithery, dear, deer, defend, dart, desired, defined, defy, daft, devoured, def, ded, deformed, defiled, deride, deary, deere, dearie, deciphered, dere, deferral, demurred, deflowered, derd, deckard, denard, defier, deare, defrag, deferring, defi, defriend, deery, defrock, byford, d.r, dennard, bideford, debord, deir, defrauder, decard, d word, dfer, biddeford, daart, defrauds.