Delayed; put off; remanded; postponed to a future time. Deferred life annuities. In English law. Annuities for the life of the purchaser, but not commencing until a date subsequent to the date of buying them, so that, if the purchaser die before that date, the purchase money is lost Granted by the commissioners for reduction of the national debt. See 16 & 17 Vict, c. 45, 2. Wharton. Deferred stock. See STOCK.
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