1
: withheld for or until a stated time
a deferred payment
2
: charged in cases of delayed handling
telegraphs sent at deferred rates
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Roughly 4,000 employees opted to take deferred resignation offers from the administration, for example, reducing the agency’s workforce by more than 20%.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds have been laid off, and thousands more have accepted voluntary retirement or deferred resignation offers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Now the New York Historical (a rebranding last year dropped both fussy hyphen and fusty noun) is achieving its deferred ambitions, with a hundred-and-seventy-five-million-dollar expansion.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Pittman was also making more than $1 million per year in deferred compensation that was paid through retention bonuses.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Hundreds have been laid off, and thousands more have accepted voluntary retirement or deferred resignation offers.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Now the New York Historical (a rebranding last year dropped both fussy hyphen and fusty noun) is achieving its deferred ambitions, with a hundred-and-seventy-five-million-dollar expansion.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Pittman was also making more than $1 million per year in deferred compensation that was paid through retention bonuses.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deferred. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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