"deferral" meaning in English

See deferral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɝəl/ [General-American], /dɪˈfɜːɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɪˈfɜːɹəɫ] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deferral.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deferral.wav [US] Forms: deferrals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜːɹəl Etymology: Etymology tree English defer Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English deferral From defer + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|defer|-al<id:nominal>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English defer Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English deferral [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "deferral", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="deferral"> From defer + -al. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deferral (countable and uncountable, plural deferrals)
  1. An act of deferring, a deferment. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of deferring): deferment Translations (act of deferring): Verzögerung [feminine] (German), Zögern [neuter] (German), spostamento [masculine] (Italian), differimento [masculine] (Italian), adiamento [masculine] (Portuguese), prórroga [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deferral-en-noun-aGkV7rH0 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al (nominal), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al (nominal): 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 99 1
  2. A prepayment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deferral-en-noun-1v1vK9qS Categories (other): Accounting Disambiguation of Accounting: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antideferral, nondeferral

Inflected forms

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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜːɹəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "word": "deferment"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzögerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spostamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "differimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adiamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "act of deferring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prórroga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deferral"
}

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