Deferred has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The payment will be deferred for two years. | |
| 2. | The contract provides for a deferred payment over three years. | |
| 3. | Got cancelled at the last minute. 'Deferred to next week'. | |
| 4. | Tom can put away more money, tax-deferred, for retirement. | |
| 5. | Hope is merely disappointment deferred. | |
| 6. | These might be guarantees, extended trial periods, deferred payment plans or the bundling of add-on products. | |
| 7. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick. | |
| 8. | One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation. And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people. | |
| 9. | Does a dream deferred fester like a sore? |