as in postponement
the act of delaying or deferring something
a tax deferral
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Recent Examples of deferral
There is a clause in Ohtani’s contract stipulating that the team must use the savings from his deferrals to build and maintain a competitive roster.
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
While deferrals have drawn much scrutiny thanks to the Dodgers recently, Tony Clark of the MLBPA has said the union wants to protect players’ rights to negotiate them into deals.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
More news: Former Dodgers Pitcher Announces Retirement Lindsey Adler of the Wall Street Journal reported MLB proposed limiting deferrals in collective bargaining, but the MLBPA declined those limits because deferrals allowed the players so much flexibility in negotiations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The exceptions include allowing the president to defer funds if needed to allow for greater needs later in the year, if efficiencies have allowed savings, or if some provision of law specifically allows such a deferral.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
While deferrals have drawn much scrutiny thanks to the Dodgers recently, Tony Clark of the MLBPA has said the union wants to protect players’ rights to negotiate them into deals.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
More news: Former Dodgers Pitcher Announces Retirement Lindsey Adler of the Wall Street Journal reported MLB proposed limiting deferrals in collective bargaining, but the MLBPA declined those limits because deferrals allowed the players so much flexibility in negotiations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The exceptions include allowing the president to defer funds if needed to allow for greater needs later in the year, if efficiencies have allowed savings, or if some provision of law specifically allows such a deferral.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Deferral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deferral. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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