Dictionary Entry
deferment
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dɪˈfɜːmənt/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.32)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
In a Sentence
“The student requested a deferment for his tuition payment until next month.”
Published Usage Examples
“From the Boston Globe: As the Vietnam War raged in the 1960s, Mitt Romney received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon "minister of religion" for the duration of his missionary work in France, which lasted two and a half years.”
“My plans were thwarted by an unfortunate war and to assure deferment from the military, I found myself a misplaced medical student at Johns”
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