- Defer - Hold over - Hold over mail for the quiet one - Put off to a later time - 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. - To place after, behind, or below something, in respect
to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
- Defer - Hold over - Postpone - Suspend the court to a future date - Suspend until a later time - To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to
postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the
meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting;
to adjourn a debate. - To suspend business for a time, as from one day to
another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend
public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened
bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned
without day.