(programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”) / (finance) A deferred bond.

simple past tense and past participle of defer

Delayed; put off till later. / Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

plural of deferred

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defer

deferral

present participle of defer

(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority. / To render, to offer.

Great respect. / The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.

(transitive) To delay or postpone / (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.