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Definition of postpone

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Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..

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Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..

Postpose :: Postpose (v. t.) To postpone.

Adjournal :: Adjournal (n.) Adjournment; postponement.

Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

Remanet :: Remanet (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..

Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Postponer :: Postponer (n.) One who postpones.

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..

Respite :: Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

Ampliation :: Ampliation (n.) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument..

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

Table :: Table (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely..

Contango :: Contango (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

Postposit :: Postposit (v. t.) To postpone.

Postponence :: Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2..

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..