to be on deferment

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• deferment — de‧fer‧ment [dɪˈfɜːmənt ǁ ɜːr ] also de‧fer‧ral [dɪˈfɜːrəl] noun [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE TAX FINANCE the act of delaying something, or the period of the delay itself: • The ban …   Financial and business terms

• deferment period — ➔ period * * * deferment period UK US noun [C] (also deferral period) ► INSURANCE in the UK, an agreed period of time that a person who has health insurance must be ill before the insurance company begins making payments to them: »Insurance… …   Financial and business terms

• deferment — I noun adjournment, cunctation, dalliance, deferral, delay, dilatormess, extension, extension of time, interruption, moratorium, postponement, procrastination, prolongation, prorogation, putting off, respite, stoppage, suspension, tabling,… …   Law dictionary

• Deferment — De*fer ment, n. [See 1st {Defer}.] The act of delaying; postponement. [R.] [1913 Webster] My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment. Suckling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• deferment — 1610s, from DEFER (Cf. defer) (1) + MENT (Cf. ment). As a word for conditional exemption from a military draft it dates to 1918, Amer.Eng …   Etymology dictionary

• deferment/deferral  — [n] postponement adjournment, delay, holdover*, moratorium, pause, putting off*, stay, suspension; concepts 121,130 Ant. advance, expedition, forging …   New thesaurus

• deferment — [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əldē fʉr′mənt, difʉr′mənt] n. a deferring or being deferred; postponement: also deferral [dēfʉr′əl, difʉr′əl] …   English World dictionary

• Deferment Period — 1. A time during which a borrower does not have to pay interest or repay the principal on a loan. Deferment is common with student loans, and may be granted while the student is still in school or just after graduation when the student has few… …   Investment dictionary

• deferment — [[t]dɪfɜ͟ː(r)mənt[/t]] deferments N VAR Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date. [FORMAL] ...conflicts over the deferment of national service for French students. Syn: postponement …   English dictionary

• deferment — /dɪ fa:mənt/ noun the act of leaving until a later date ● deferment of payment ● deferment of a decision …   Marketing dictionary in english

• deferment — /dɪ fɜ:mənt/ noun the act of leaving until a later date ● deferment of payment ● deferment of a decision …   Dictionary of banking and finance