deferred
English
Adjective
deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)
- Delayed; put off till later.
- 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
- In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance.
- Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
- The decision was deferred to the regional manager
- (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
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yielded
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accounting: value not realized
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Noun
deferred (plural deferreds)
- (programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
- (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); […]
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