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deferment

[dih-fur-muhnt] / dɪˈfɜr mənt /


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The attacks cost him about $20,000, and Wildberries hasn’t compensated him, he said in an interview, adding that it had granted a three-month deferment on loan payments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Rather than stopping payments, you can often legally pause them through official deferment or forbearance programs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

It’s the reason so many student-loan borrowers find themselves trapped in cycles of deferment, forbearance or minimum payments that allow balances to balloon rather than shrink.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

But because borrowers with federal loans can choose from forbearance, deferment or income-driven repayment, it’s that much more challenging to prove undue hardship.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2025

"They granted me a deferment until I graduate. But I must still serve six months in the Reich Labor Service."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Is it wrong—or savvy—that the Dodgers have collaborated with players like Ohtani to take massive deferments?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

He obtained a string of deferments, first so that he could finish his college course and then when his new wife, Lynne became pregnant.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

With a Direct Subsidized Loan, the federal government pays the interest while the student is enrolled at least half-time, then during the six-month grace period after leaving school and during any approved deferments.

From MarketWatch Oct. 31, 2025

It drew attention to his draft-dodging record of five deferments at the height of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2024

When the professors learned that students who did not maintain a certain grade point average could lose their deferments and be drafted, they decided not to give any grades.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom




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