0 the act of delaying something until a later time, or an occasion when something is delayed until a later time: --
1 (a) temporary delay in taking someone into the military forces: --
Will the building trade operatives also be included in the system of deferment?
In no case have these deferments been for more than three months and the majority have been for far shorter periods.
We have no information on the suggestion that we should now abandon the temporary deferment of agricultural and mining workers.
No comparable figures are available for 1945 and 1946 when deferment was not, as at present, granted to apprentices or students as such.
Is anybody going to tell me that we shall catch up on these deferments?
On the other hand, of course, the student has the right of deferment.
Obviously, therefore, any deferment of increases in one year is of more importance than a deferment in three years.
These cuts will bring about the deferment of schemes which were designed to improve the conditions of rivers and coastal waters.