Deferred vs Contra - What's the difference?

deferred | contra |

As an adjective deferred

is of or pertaining to delay of an action.

As a verb deferred

is (defer).

As a noun contra is

street (of houses).

deferred

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or pertaining to delay of an action.

requested a deferred payment

Of or pertaining to yielding to someone else's decision or judgment.

(accounting) Of or pertaining to a value that is not realized until a future date, e.g. annuities, charges, taxes, income, either as an asset or liability.

Synonyms

* (delay of action) delayed, postponed * (give way to someone) acquiesced

Verb

(head)

(defer)

contra

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)

against; contrary or opposed to

Adverb

(en adverb)

to the contrary to something

Noun

(en noun)

(label) a deal to swap goods or services

(label) an entry that cancels another entry

any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass

contra dance

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