deferred

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɝd/

Verb

deferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of defer

Adjective

deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)

1. Delayed; put off till later.

   requested a deferred payment

   Synonyms: delayed, postponed

2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

   The decision was deferred to the regional manager

3. (accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

Translations

delayed

• Bulgarian: отсрочен (bg) (otsročen), забавен (bg) (zabaven)
• Czech: odložený
• Finnish: viivästetty, viivästynyt
• German: aufgeschoben (de)
• Greek: αναβαλλόμενος (el) (anavallómenos)

• Romanian: întârziat (ro) m, întârziată f
• Russian: отло́женный (ru) (otlóžennyj)
• Tagalog: inantala
• Turkish: ertelenmiş (tr), gecikmeli (tr)

yielded

• Finnish: alisteinen (fi)

accounting: value not realized

• Finnish: jaksotettu (fi)
• German: -aufschub

• Tagalog: inantala
• Turkish: vadeli (tr)

Noun

deferred (plural deferreds)

1. (programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
2. (finance) A deferred bond.
   • 2005, Robert Dubil, An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets (page 88)

     Only some Eurobonds are Euro straights with normal fixed coupons: many have innovative coupon structures, like zeros, deferreds, or step-ups; many are dual-currency (coupon and principal currencies are not the same); […]