postponement

postponement /poust'pounmənt/
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    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) sự đặt (cái gì) ở hàng thứ yếu, sự coi (cái gì) không quan trọng bằng (cái khác)

Xem thêm: delay, hold, time lag, wait, deferment, deferral



postponement

Từ điển Collocation

postponement noun

ADJ. further, repeated | indefinite

VERB + POSTPONEMENT ask for, call for, request, seek They are calling for a further postponement of the election date. | announce | force, result in

PREP. ~ until The death of one of the candidates forced postponement of the voting until 1 June.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • time during which some action is awaited; delay, hold, time lag, wait

    instant replay caused too long a delay

    he ordered a hold in the action

  • act of putting off to a future time; deferment, deferral

Bloomberg Financial Glossary

The option of deferring a project without eliminating the possibility of undertaking it.