POSTPONING

Verb

postponing

present participle of postpone

Source: Wiktionary


POSTPONE

Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] Etym: [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]

1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke.

Syn.

– To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PARSIMONIOUS

(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; ā€œparsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulsesā€; ā€œlived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgenceā€


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