"deferral" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɝəl/ [General-American], /dɪˈfɜːɹəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɪˈfɜːɹəɫ] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deferral.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deferral.wav Forms: deferrals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜːɹəl Etymology: From defer + -al, with ‘r’ doubled to clarify pronunciation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|defer|al}} defer + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} deferral (plural deferrals)
  1. An act of deferring, a deferment. Synonyms (act of deferring): deferment Translations (act of deferring): Verzögerung [feminine] (German), Zögern [neuter] (German), spostamento [masculine] (Italian), differimento [masculine] (Italian), diferimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-deferral-en-noun-aGkV7rH0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 97 1 1 Disambiguation of 'act of deferring': 97 1 1
  2. An accrual. Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-deferral-en-noun-VsslCe3G Disambiguation of Accounting: 7 66 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 35 35
  3. A prepayment.
    Sense id: en-deferral-en-noun-1v1vK9qS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 35 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deferment Derived forms: antideferral, nondeferral

Inflected forms

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