deferred UK /dɪˈfɜːd/US /dɪˈfɝd/adjective 3noun 2forms 3 adjective3 •Delayed; put off till later. •Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability. •Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.The decision was deferred to the regional manager noun2 •A deferred bond.Now you can take the papers back. And let it be a warning to you, Parkinson, not to invest your savings in speculative railway deferreds. — 1914 •Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”). formsdeferreds · more deferred · most deferred