Hold back to a later time.
Yield to another's wish or opinion.
Euphemism for "ignore", that is, postpone until the hell freezes over.
1 However,the company has some flexibility to defer capital expenditure separately whendeclining demand.
2 The union agreed to defer strike action after the Labour Court intervened.
3 The judge said he would defer making any order until June 30th.
4 But if it's at all possible -don't defer that dream holiday.
5 It may be wise to defer a personal concern for a day.
6 The prince was obliged to defer the journey and never accomplished it.
7 They were abiding by a Nursing Alliance decision to defer strike action.
8 The courts are not required to defer to the Justice Department's recommendations.
9 They may also defer purchases, like home improvements, because of lower pay.
10 The alternative would be defer to some benefit upratings for the unemployed.
11 The Admiralty could no longer defer the use of this important invention.
12 It was strange to have him defer to me in this way.
13 The proposal being a reasonable one, I agreed to defer the matter.
14 Never one to defer in the presence of superiors, Poe spoke first.
15 And yet you defer to it, whatever it is, whatever it seeks.
16 All sorts of legal and technical expedients were used to defer action.
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