Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
deferment — de‧fer‧ment [dɪˈfɜːmənt ǁ ɜːr ] also de‧fer‧ral [dɪˈfɜːrəl] noun [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE TAX FINANCE the act of delaying something, or the period of the delay itself: • The ban … Financial and business terms
Deferment — De*fer ment, n. [See 1st {Defer}.] The act of delaying; postponement. [R.] [1913 Webster] My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment. Suckling. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deferment — 1610s, from DEFER (Cf. defer) (1) + MENT (Cf. ment). As a word for conditional exemption from a military draft it dates to 1918, Amer.Eng … Etymology dictionary
deferment — [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əldē fʉr′mənt, difʉr′mənt] n. a deferring or being deferred; postponement: also deferral [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əl] … English World dictionary
deferment — [[t]dɪfɜ͟ː(r)mənt[/t]] deferments N VAR Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date. [FORMAL] ...conflicts over the deferment of national service for French students. Syn: postponement … English dictionary
deferment — /dɪ fa:mənt/ noun the act of leaving until a later date ● deferment of payment ● deferment of a decision … Marketing dictionary in english
deferment — /dɪ fɜ:mənt/ noun the act of leaving until a later date ● deferment of payment ● deferment of a decision … Dictionary of banking and finance
deferment — noun they sought a temporary deferment of the loan payments Syn: postponement, deferral, suspension, delay, adjournment, interruption, pause; respite, stay, moratorium, reprieve, grace … Thesaurus of popular words
deferment — Ⅰ. defer [1] ► VERB (deferred, deferring) ▪ put off to a later time; postpone. DERIVATIVES deferment noun deferral noun. ORIGIN Latin differre, from ferre bring, carry . Ⅱ … English terms dictionary
deferment period — ➔ period * * * deferment period UK US noun [C] (also deferral period) ► INSURANCE in the UK, an agreed period of time that a person who has health insurance must be ill before the insurance company begins making payments to them: »Insurance… … Financial and business terms
