different between deferred vs deferral

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??f?d/

Verb

deferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of defer

Adjective

deferred (comparative more deferred, superlative most deferred)

1. Delayed; put off till later.

   Synonyms: delayed, postponed

2. Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

3. (accounting) Whose value is not realized until a future date: e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, and income, either as an asset or liability.

Translations

Noun

deferred (plural deferreds)

1. (programming) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
2. (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); […]

English

Etymology

defer +? -al, with ‘r’ doubled to clarify pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??f??l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??f????l/, [d??f?????]
• Rhymes: -????l

Noun

deferral (plural deferrals)

1. An act of deferring, a deferment.
2. An accrual.
3. A prepayment.

Synonyms

• (act of deferring): deferment; see also Thesaurus:deferment

Translations

See also

• Deferral (accounting) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Accrual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prepayment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alderfer