In a sentence
Six example sentences with defer, each labelled with its topic.
Employees can defer part of each bonus into the retirement plan and pay no tax on it until withdrawal.
Finance
The founders chose to defer hiring a sales team until the product could keep its first hundred users.
Startups
Surgeons agreed to defer the operation until the infection cleared, scheduling it for the middle of March instead.
Medicine
The judge agreed to defer sentencing for sixty days so the probation office could finish its report.
Law
The site defers loading its videos until a reader scrolls near them, which cuts the first paint time in half.
Technology
The board voted to defer the dividend until the new factory had produced a full quarter of revenue.
Business
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Found in these word lists
Found in 6 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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