Defer | Mean of defer in English Dictionary

/dɪˈfɚ/

• Verb
• to choose to do (something) at a later time
1. She deferred work on her book.
2. The accountant advised us not to defer our taxes. [=not to pay our taxes later]
3. She'll defer her decision.
• to allow (someone else) to decide or choose something
1. You have more experience with this, so I'm going to defer to you.
2. deferring to the experts
• to agree to follow (someone else's decision, a tradition, etc.)
1. The court defers to precedent in cases like these.
2. He deferred to his parents' wishes.