Meanings
adjectivedeferrable (not comparable)
- not comparableThat can be deferred.
noundeferrable (plural deferrables)
plural deferrables
- Something that can be deferred.
Two general classes of goods and services then emerge — the essentials and the deferrables. The immediate wants present no problem. They must be had and are purchased accordingly.
1962, Harold Florian Clark, Harold Stephenson Sloan, Classrooms in the Stores, page 111
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
German aufschiebbar, hinausschiebbar
- aufschiebbarthat can be deferred
- hinausschiebbarthat can be deferred
Turkish ertelenebilir, tecil edilebilir
- ertelenebilirthat can be deferred
- tecil edilebilirthat can be deferred
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Chicago
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