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11defer to — index acknowledge (verify), comply, concur (agree), hear (give attention to), honor, obey …
12defer — To delay to a future time. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …
13defer — bow, *yield, submit, cave, capitulate, succumb, relent Analogous words: accede, acquiesce, *assent, agree: conform, accommodate, *adapt, adjust: truckle, *fawn, cringe …
14defer — has the inflections deferred, deferring, and the derived forms deference (= respect, with stress on the first syllable), deferral, and deferment (postponement, both with stress on the second syllable) …
15defer — defer1 [dē fʉr′, difʉr′] vt., vi. deferred, deferring [ME differren < OFr differer: see DIFFER] 1. to put off to a future time; postpone; delay 2. to postpone the induction of (a person) into compulsory military service SYN. YIELD deferrable… …
16defer to — de ˈfer to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they defer to he/she/it defers to present participle deferring to past tense deferred to …
17defer — defer1 deferrer, n. /di ferr /, v., deferred, deferring. v.t. 1. to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week. 2. to exempt temporarily from induction into military service …
18defer — de|fer [dıˈfə: US ˈfə:r] v past tense and past participle deferred present participle deferring [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: différer, from Latin differre to delay, be different . defer to 1400 1500 French déférer, from Late Latin… …
19defer — [[t]dɪfɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] defers, deferring, deferred 1) VERB If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. [V n/ ing] Customers often defer payment for as long… …
20defer — I de•fer [[t]dɪˈfɜr[/t]] v. t. ferred, fer•ring 1) to postpone; delay 2) mil to exempt temporarily from induction into military service • Etymology: 1325–75; ME deferren, var. of differren to differ de•fer′rer, n. syn: defer, delay, postpone… …
