How to Use deferred in a Sentence

deferred

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  • The tax paid will be booked as a deferred tax asset on the 2016 balance sheet.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Still, food for thought now that the cat’s out of the bag with these deferred payment contracts.
    — Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Both sides are working to resolve the deferred deal in light of the judge's concerns.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • With all the deferred money, the Pack has seen its future, and it is mortgaged.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The deferred judgment meant it could be expunged from Lewis’ record.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The deferred judgment means this may be expunged from Lewis’ record.
    — Lucy Kafanov, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The commission’s staff still must work on how the changes in the tax rate will affect deferred taxes.
    — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • Gaskill has struck a deal for deferred prosecution that could allow the charges against him to be dropped.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2019
  • In addition to the salaries owed him, his deal with the Cubs included a deferred signing bonus.
    — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The interesting caveat here is the idea of deferred money.
    — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • And for two years, my deferred and delayed travel plans have been burning a hole in my backpack!
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • That song is a drifter song, a song about regret, about the different deferred dreams of everyone in this town.
    — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • During most of that time the interest rate on the deferred taxes was 8 percent.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018
  • The mayor vowed to create the board but deferred to community groups.
    — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • And even though Ramirez last played with Boston back in 2008, the Sox are still paying the slugging left fielder through a deferred payment plan.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Tronc took a one-time, $10.8-million deduction in deferred tax assets because of the changes to U.S. tax code.
    — Meg James, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The charge was dropped as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.
    — Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In the case of a felony, a deferred adjudication can keep a defendant out of jail or prison.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • As is the case with many deals this off-season, and many before, Burnes’ contract includes a whole lot of deferred money.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The mayor vowed to create the board but deferred to community groups to decide how.
    — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
  • Ohtani’s acceptance of so much deferred money gives the Dodgers plenty of room to work the free agent market this season.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • As Kirke has previously said, the chain offered an up-front pay increase and a deferred bonus that was banked.
    — al, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Phantom equity can be like a 401(k) plan that’s deferred tax free.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 29 July 2024
  • In past budget crises, Petek wrote, the state made across-the-board cuts to per-pupil allocations (the amount the state spends per student) and deferred payments.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Now the same type of deferred payment scheme is coming to most other Apple products.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • The employer would still owe the deferred payroll taxes.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Ryan Koss, 35, received a one-year deferred sentence and will be on probation.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Instead of being angry, clients and colleagues showed respect and deferred to me.
    — Tim Peacock, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Throughout the rest of that year, Cohen and Fortress extended the payment schedule on the loan and deferred payments, according to court filings.
    — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

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