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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But no full-time federal employees remain after the most recent round of deferred resignations, when people were encouraged to resign in exchange for getting months' worth of pay.
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
In addition to the thousands of layoffs DOGE has initiated, more than 112,000 federal workers took a deferred resignation, Politico reported, and the agency has all-but shuttered at least 11 federal agencies.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency got another nudge toward the door in an email offering a second chance at voluntary retirement or deferred resignation.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
And a staff exodus is in progress through a combination of layoffs, retirements and deferred resignations.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
In addition to the thousands of layoffs DOGE has initiated, more than 112,000 federal workers took a deferred resignation, Politico reported, and the agency has all-but shuttered at least 11 federal agencies.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency got another nudge toward the door in an email offering a second chance at voluntary retirement or deferred resignation.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
And a staff exodus is in progress through a combination of layoffs, retirements and deferred resignations.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Deferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deferred. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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