deferred

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɜːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɝd/

deferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of defer

deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)

1. Delayed; put off till later.

   requested a deferred payment

   Synonyms: delayed, postponed

2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

   The decision was deferred to the regional manager

3. (accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

deferred (plural deferreds)

1. (programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
2. (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); […]