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Prolong :: Prolong (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.

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

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..

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

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..

Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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

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

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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