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deferral

[dih-fur-uhl] / dɪˈfɜr əl /


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Gen. Rob Bonta said it is reviewing the deferral of payments and allegations of fraud.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He said the business would have ran out of cash in April had it not been for a £10m loan from Modella and a deferral in liabilities including a large tax bill from HMRC.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Looking forward, Mosaic cut its capital expenditures outlook to $1.25 billion from $1.5 billion previously, reflecting an optimized project portfolio combined with the deferral of spending on less-time-sensitive projects to future periods.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

This 15% recommendation is almost twice the average 7.7% deferral rate of people with Vanguard workplace retirement plans last year.

From MarketWatch Jan. 5, 2026

His birthday was one of the last drawn, and anyway, as an undergraduate, he had been granted a deferral.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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