deferral
         n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: {deferral},
               {recess}]
         2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: {postponement},
            {deferment}, {deferral}]

English Dictionary: deferral	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defrayal n the act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment] Antonym(s): evasion, nonpayment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d890perlan \[d8][90]`per`lan"\, n. [F. [82]perlan, fr. G.       spierling. See {Sparling}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The European smelt ({Osmerus eperlanus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Barillet \[d8]Bar"il*let\, n. [F., dim. of baril barrel.]       A little cask, or something resembling one. --Smart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Braille \[d8]Braille\, n.       A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the       characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was       invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Brelan \[d8]Bre*lan"\, n. [F.] (Card Playing)       (a) A French gambling game somewhat like poker.       (b) In French games, a pair royal, or triplet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Brelan carre \[d8]Bre*lan" car`re"\ [F. carr[82] square.]       (Card Playing)       In French games, a double pair royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Brelan favori \[d8]Bre*lan" fa`vo`ri"\ [F. favori favorite.]       (Card Playing)       In French games, a pair royal composed of 2 cards in the hand       and the card turned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Brillante \[d8]Bril*lan"te\, adv. [It. See {Brilliant}, a.]       (Mus.)       In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Burletta \[d8]Bur*let"ta\ (b[ucir]r*l[ecr]t"t[adot]), n. [It.,       dim. of burla mockery. See {Burlesque}, a.] (Mus.)       A comic operetta; a music farce. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ferula \[d8]Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks       were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to       strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. {Ferule}.]       1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.          2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fr84ulein \[d8]Fr[84]u"lein\, n.sing. & pl. [G., dim. of frau       woman. See {Frau}.]       In Germany, a young lady; an unmarried woman; -- as a title,       equivalent to Miss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Paraleipsis \[d8]Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr.       [?] to leave on one side, to omit; [?] beside + [?] to       leave.] (Rhet.)       A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker       artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for       example, if an orator should say, [bd]I do not speak of my       adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal       conduct, his treachery and malice.[b8] [Written also       {paralepsis}, {paralepsy}, {paralipsis}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Paralepsis \[d8]Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.]       See {Paraleipsis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Paralgesia \[d8]Par`al*ge"si*a\, n. [NL.; para- + Gr.       'a`lghsis sense of pain.] (Med.)       Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence of       sensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and       abnormal painful results of stimuli. -- {Par`al*ge"sic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Paralipomenon \[d8]Par`a*li*pom"e*non\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr.       paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter       genitive plural) fr. [?] to omit.]       A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.          Note: In the Septuagint these books are called                Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is                understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that                they are supplementary to the Books of Kings --W.                Smith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Parella \[d8]Pa*rel"la\, d8Parelle \[d8]Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F.       parelle.] (Bot.)       (a) A name for two kinds of dock ({Rumex Patientia} and {R.             Hydrolapathum}).       (b) A kind of lichen ({Lecanora parella}) once used in dyeing             and in the preparation of litmus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Parella \[d8]Pa*rel"la\, d8Parelle \[d8]Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F.       parelle.] (Bot.)       (a) A name for two kinds of dock ({Rumex Patientia} and {R.             Hydrolapathum}).       (b) A kind of lichen ({Lecanora parella}) once used in dyeing             and in the preparation of litmus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Parhelium \[d8]Par*he"li*um\, n.       See {Parhelion}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Parlando \[d8]Par*lan"do\, d8Parlante \[d8]Par*lan"te\, a. &       adv. [It.] (Mus.)       Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or       played in the style of a recitative.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Parlando \[d8]Par*lan"do\, d8Parlante \[d8]Par*lan"te\, a. &       adv. [It.] (Mus.)       Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or       played in the style of a recitative.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Perilla \[d8]Pe*ril"la\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)       A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species ({Perilla       ocimoides}, or {P. Nankinensis}) is often cultivated for its       purple or variegated foliage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Perula \[d8]Per"u*la\, n.; pl. {Perul[91]}. [L., dim. of pera       wallet, Gr. [?]: cf. F. p[82]rule.]       1. (Bot.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.          2. (Bot.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain             orchides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pralltriller \[d8]Prall"tril`ler\, n.; G. pl. {-triller}. [G.]       (Music)       A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation       of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually       the next of the scale; -- called also the {inverted       mordente}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Prehallux \[d8]Pre*hal"lux\, n. [NL. See {Pre-}, and       {Hallux}.] (Anat.)       An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial       side of the hallux.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Prol82taire \[d8]Pro`l[82]`taire"\, n. [F. See {Proletary}.]       One of the common people; a low person; also, the common       people as a class or estate in a country.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Prolatum \[d8]Pro*la"tum\, n.; pl. {Prolata}. [ NL. See       {Prolate}.] (Geom.)       A prolate spheroid. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under       {Ellipsoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Prolegomenon \[d8]Prol`e*gom"e*non\, n.; pl. {Prolegomena}. [       NL., fr. Gr. [?], properly neut. pass. p. pr. of [?] to say       beforehand; [?] before + [?] to say.]       A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory       discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. --D. Stokes (1659).       Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Prolepsis \[d8]Pro*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to       take beforehand; [?] before + [?] to take.]       1. (Rhet.)             (a) A figure by which objections are anticipated or                   prevented. --Abp. Bramhall.             (b) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed                   principle.          2. (Chron.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event             being dated before the actual time.          3. (Gram.) The application of an adjective to a noun in             anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of             the verb; as, to strike one dumb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pyrula \[d8]Pyr"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pyrus a pear.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped       shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dapperling \Dap"per*ling\, n.       A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daubreelite \Dau"bree*lite\, n. [From Daubr[82]e, a French       mineralogist.] (Min.)       A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defrayal \De*fray"al\, n.       The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary       costs.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dubberly, LA (village, FIPS 21835)       Location: 32.53948 N, 93.23759 W       Population (1990): 253 (122 housing units)       Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71024
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
deferral          Waiting for quiet on the {Ethernet}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
d-Prolog          A version of {Prolog} extended with {defeasible       reasoning}.          {(ftp://aisun1.ai.uga.edu/ai.prolog/)} for {MS-DOS} and {Unix}.          (1994-12-07)