Defer

de-fėr′, v.t. to put off to another time: to delay:— pr.p. defer′ring; pa.p. deferred′. — ns. Defer′ment ; Defer′rer , a procrastinator.— Deferred annuity (see Annuity ); Deferred pay , an allowance paid to soldiers on their discharge, or to their relations on their death; Deferred shares , shares i ued by a trading company, but not entitling the holder to a full share of the profits of the company, and sometimes to none at all, until the expiration of a specified time or the occurrence of some event. [L. differre — dis , asunder, ferre , to bear, carry.]