verb
ADVERB
▪ indefinitely
▪
The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
▪ endlessly
VERB + DEFER
▪ agree to , decide to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
Sentence was deferred for six months.
▪ pending
▪
Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.
▪ till , until
▪
We agreed to ~ discussion of these issues until the next meeting.
Defer is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ decision , ↑ discussion , ↑ payment