Defers

Word DEFERS
Character 6
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Definitions and meanings of "Defers"

What do we mean by defers?

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.

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The word "defers" in example sentences

Oh, and what’s more Kripke once again defers to the Dean fans in a special commentary at the beginning of Supernatural magazine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is more restrained if it follows precedent and defers to the elected branches of government. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

He is a remarkably conventional thinker who defers to established opinion and persons. ❋ Michael Brenner (2010)

A like-kind exchange does not mean you avoid capital gains tax; it only defers your gain until you sell the relinquished property, assuming that you do not do yet another exchange of that property. ❋ Benny L. Kass (2011)

This assumes that the borrower defers repaying the interest by capitalizing it and that the interest is capitalized once, at repayment. ❋ Mark Kantrowitz (2011)

The results were hurt by a charge of 16 cents a share related to a reduction in the value of the "Guitar Hero" business, along with an accounting treatment under which its defers revenue from games with online features. ❋ Nick Wingfield (2011)

Although the Port Authority is controlled by the governors of both New York and New Jersey, the New Jersey governor customarily picks the agency's chairman and defers to New York in choosing an executive director. ❋ Eliot Brown (2011)

Yet just as she did in the cold kitchen at the ICEX cooking contest, Kim defers to him on their careers. ❋ Lisa Abend (2011)

The major problem with the "levitation spell" answer (and equivalents) is that it doesn't actually answer anything; it just defers the question. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

Unlike some of his rivals, he has said he defers to the judgment of scientists on climate change, and he has supported civil unions for gay couples. ❋ Elizabeth Williamson (2012)

When asked why he is giving up filmmaking, Mr. Tarr cryptically defers to the film itself. ❋ J. S. Marcus (2011)

NTPC defers $500 million bond issue as rates stay high ❋ Deals India Staff (2011)

Although Burns loves to write and perform, he defers to Walkley's expertise on all things musical. ❋ Kristi York Wooten (2011)

Yep, you can incorporate a fake Obama signature into your documents no matter how many times he defers visiting Australia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yet he defers obediently to the verities of modern linguistics, and when he tries to defend the older conventions he ends up tying himself in knots. ❋ Barton Swaim (2011)

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