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differimento

deferral; postponement

noun deef-feh-ree-MEN-toh Rare

Usage Note

Differimento is a formal noun meaning the act of postponing something, used in legal, administrative, and financial contexts: differimento del pagamento (deferral of payment), differimento della sentenza (postponement of the verdict). In everyday speech rinvio or posticipazione are more common.

Examples

"Ha chiesto il differimento della scadenza."

Natural Translation

She requested the deferral of the deadline.

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