different between adjourned vs deferred

English

adjourned

adjourned (comparative more adjourned, superlative most adjourned)

deferred

deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)

Delayed; put off till later.
Synonyms: delayed, postponed
Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.
(accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

deferred (plural deferreds)

(programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
(finance) A deferred bond.
- 2005, Robert Dubil, An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets (page 88)
  Only some Eurobonds are Euro straights with normal fixed coupons: many have innovative coupon structures, like zeros, deferreds, or step-ups; many are dual-currency (coupon and principal currencies are not the same); […]

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