defer
IPA: dɪfˈɝ
verb
- (transitive) To delay or postpone
- (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
- (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
- (transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
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