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defer
verb as in hold off, put off
Example Sentences
County Sheriff Robert Luna has said in interviews that although his employees are part of the decision-making process, they defer to fire officials on which areas to evacuate.
The employees who have applied for “deferred resignation” buyouts include Karl Stock, the bureau’s regional director for the California-Great Basin Region.
On Wednesday, Trump seemed to say that the tariffs would be deferred again — until April.
The other 33% of buildings burned in January, or about 4,400 structures, were deferred to the U.S.
At least 85,000 federal workers have been impacted so far, with tens of thousands being fired or accepting “deferred resignation.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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