deferment
Official temporary reprieve
Deferment is the act of postponing something, or the state of being postponed.
The word appears most often in contexts where obligations are delayed by official permission: a deferment of loan payments, a deferment from military service.
He applied for a deferment to finish his degree before reporting for duty.
Delaying to later
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- stayRemain in position
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
suspension · delay · reprieve · motion · hearing · trial · sentencing · judgment
Borrowed money repaid later
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- mortgageSecured home loan
principal · installment · creditor · borrower · lender · default · hardship · payment
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- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
- serviceAid or maintenance
reserves · recruitment · exemption · classification · draftee · wartime · mobilization · call-up
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
fulfillment · accountability · mandate · compliance · deadline · contractual · binding · waiver
Periodic partial payment
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- IRSFederal tax collector
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
filing · extension · hardship · relief · arrangement · collection · assessment · deadline
Act of registering officially
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- semesterHalf academic year
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
graduate · admission · university · college · study · education · coursework · credits
postponement
Delaying to later
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- stayRemain in position
moratorium · suspension · delay · reprieve · motion · hearing · trial · sentencing · judgment · ruling
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
mortgage · principal · installment · creditor · borrower · lender · default · hardship · payment · accrual
draft
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- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
service · reserves · recruitment · exemption · classification · draftee · wartime · mobilization · call-up · registration
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
requirement · fulfillment · accountability · mandate · compliance · deadline · contractual · binding · waiver · exemption
installment
Periodic partial payment
liability · filing · extension · hardship · relief · arrangement · collection · assessment · deadline · quarterly
enrollment
Act of registering officially
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- semesterHalf academic year
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
undergraduate · graduate · admission · university · college · study · education · coursework · credits · degree
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- credit termsloans, installment loan, credit limits, monthly payment, credit cards
- Draft Evasiondraft dodging, conscientious objector, conscientious objection, desertion, draft card burning
defermentacceleration
Rate velocity changes
expedition · hastening · advancement · rush · hurry
defermentenforcement
Compelling compliance with rules
fulfillment · execution · enactment · implementation · activation
- draft defermentDelayed military service obligation
- student defermentDelayed conscription for academics
- medical defermentPostponement for health reasons
- loan defermentAuthorized postponement of repayments