deferred
Held for later
Deferred means postponed or put off to a later time.
A deferred payment comes due later; deferred admission lets an accepted student start in a future term.
In computing, deferred execution delays processing until results are actually needed.
The word carries a sense of formal delay rather than simple procrastination: She requested deferred enrollment to take a gap year.
Made to wait longer
- adjournedSuspended proceedings temporarily
- tabledDeferred for later
- rescheduledAssigned a new time
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
shelved · mothballed · stayed · prorogued · remanded · continued · pending · backlogged
Periodic partial payment
- layawayDeferred purchase arrangement
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
mortgage · annuity · pension · forbearance · arrears · amortization
Deeply held goals
- goalsIntended end results
- ambitionsGoals one strives toward
- plansIntended courses of action
- hopesPositive expectations held
retirement · gratification · reward · fulfillment · someday · sacrifice · patience
Failure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- vacillationInability to choose
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
ambivalence · dithering · wavering · equivocation · stalling · noncommittal · irresolution · deliberation
Incremental addition over time
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- IRSFederal tax collector
- GAAPFinancial reporting conventions
delayed
Made to wait longer
- adjournedSuspended proceedings temporarily
- tabledDeferred for later
- rescheduledAssigned a new time
suspended · shelved · mothballed · stayed · prorogued · remanded · continued · pending · backlogged · waitlisted
installment
Periodic partial payment
- layawayDeferred purchase arrangement
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
loan · mortgage · annuity · pension · forbearance · arrears · amortization
aspirations
Deeply held goals
hopes · retirement · gratification · reward · fulfillment · someday · sacrifice · patience
indecision
Failure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- vacillationInability to choose
uncertainty · ambivalence · dithering · wavering · equivocation · stalling · noncommittal · irresolution · deliberation
accrual
Incremental addition over time
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- IRSFederal tax collector
- GAAPFinancial reporting conventions
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- delayeddelayed, postponed, suspended, on hold, paused
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- Evaluationsevaluation, assessment, appraisal, review, rating
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
deferredadvanced
Far along in development
hastened · accelerated · expedited · fast-tracked · forwarded
deferredprioritized
Ordered by importance
addressed · confronted · tackled · acted upon · dealt with
- deferred incomePrepayment awaiting future delivery
- deferred paymentBuying before paying
- deferred maintenancePostponed upkeep work
- tax deferredUntaxed until withdrawn
- deferred admissionAcceptance with postponed start
- payment deferralPostponed financial obligation