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verb

defer

hold back to a later time

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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