deferred
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de·ferred
(dĭ-fûrd') 
adj.
adj.
- Postponed or delayed: deferred gratification; deferred military draft.
- Withheld until a future date: deferred benefits; a deferred payment.
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deferred
adj
Definition: put off till a later time
Antonyms: advanced, forwarded, furthered, hastened, hurried
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deferred
IN BRIEF: Put off to later.
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.
— Joseph Fort Newton (1878-1950)
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