as in postponement
the act of delaying or deferring something
a tax deferral
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In addition to automatic deferrals, Reeves recommends opting in to an auto-escalation feature, if your company offers it, which will automatically boost your savings rate by 1% or 2% each year.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Bonilla was not the first MLB star to have deferrals in his contract.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
Allowing a tariff increase without any congressional vote at all is a much greater deferral of authority.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Ongoing tax deferral: The strategy could be repeated annually and may allow continuous deferral of capital gains taxes as long as the sales and new investments occur within the same tax year.
—Philippe Schulligen, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Bonilla was not the first MLB star to have deferrals in his contract.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 July 2024
Allowing a tariff increase without any congressional vote at all is a much greater deferral of authority.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Ongoing tax deferral: The strategy could be repeated annually and may allow continuous deferral of capital gains taxes as long as the sales and new investments occur within the same tax year.
—Philippe Schulligen, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Deferral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferral. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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