" "Not so fast, sir; how do you know that I would not rather defer our marriage for some years?
And when she put the moderate request that he would defer going to Trumbull again, it was cruel in him not to assure her of what he meant to do.
"I was going home," he said, "but I can defer my ride a little.
"Why should we defer it?
It had occurred to him that he must not any longer defer his intention of matrimony, and he had reflected that in taking a wife, a man of good position should expect and carefully choose a blooming young lady—the younger the better, because more educable and submissive—of a rank equal to his own, of religious principles, virtuous disposition, and good understanding.
"Fred, pray defer your practising till to-morrow; you will make Mr.
Waule had to defer her answer till he was quiet again, till Mary Garth had supplied him with fresh syrup, and he had begun to rub the gold knob of his stick, looking bitterly at the fire.
Something might be done perhaps even now, at least to defer the marriage.
Why should she defer the answer?
First, most authors are happy to defer to the publisher about how to sell as many copies of their book as possible; publishing is a commercial business and the publisher knows the market.
Under the plan, individuals will be allowed to defer taxes on part of their income that is used to buy commercial pension insurance until they retire and draw money from the fund.
They were willing to defer to my needs.
By contrast, Nuo "won't expand at random" and will defer any international launch for five years at least.
If your best performers know they're expected to produce without contributing their ideas, if they're not empowered to make decisions, if they're constantly having to defer to others on the basis of their title rather than their expertise, they don't have much to be happy about.
Rather than pay taxes immediately, Apple could defer them under US tax law.
The Clean Reader team is adamant, however that the app is not only not doing anything wrong -- it is, they claim, perfectly legal, since they app does not change the epub source file, but merely how it is displayed on the screen -- but that authors who are unhappy with the alteration of their work should defer to anyone who spends money on that book, comparing the app to the optional profanity beeping on NPR podcasts.
Obama's remarks, which referenced his announcement last week that he would take action to defer deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, drew laughter from the crowd.
Decide, don't defer.
The Ninth Edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines the word "procrastination" as to "defer action.
All students are eligible for "unsubsidized" federal Stafford loans, which let them defer interest payments until after graduation.
