How to Use deferment in a Sentence

deferment

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  • She requested a six-month deferment on her loan.
  • She requested deferment of her loan.
  • There’s a nine-month grace period, plus deferment of MBA school loans for up to 36 months while enrolled at least half-time.
    — Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In the case shown in the table, the deferment period is 10 years.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • A common outcome is loan deferment, where the missed payment is pushed to the end of your loan term.
    — Sean Pyles, USA TODAY, 10 June 2017
  • Mr. Trump received five deferments from the draft: four for college and one for bad feet.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2017
  • That was a reference to a deferment that allowed Trump to not serve in the Vietnam War due to bone spurs.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War, the first four being for college and the fifth for heel spurs.
    — Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, 1 Feb. 2020
  • That means small business owners do not have to contact the SBA to request deferment.
    — Author: Aaron Gregg, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Alleged bone spurs in his feet earned Trump five deferments from Vietnam.
    — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Dmitry, a 25-year-old IT expert, has a deferment that should keep him out of the draft for medical reasons.
    — Bloomberg.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • All Russian men from age 18 to 27 must serve one year in the military, but a large share avoid the draft for health reasons or get student deferments.
    — Dasha Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The deferment period is 10 years, and the annuity has a cash refund option in the event of early death.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The deferment would have lasted for 10 years if the student stayed in Ohio post-graduation.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • And definitely work to get the student loans out of deferment, because that, too, is adding to your debt burden.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Less than two weeks ago the deferment on the export license, which had been extended once, was set to expire after a full year.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • King relies on a loan to finance her buses, and her second deferment is coming to an end.
    — al, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Real tough men don't get deferments from Vietnam for foot spurs, then hit the New York nightclub dance floors while real tough men hit the front lines in the Vietnam war.
    — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 1 July 2017
  • At the same time, President Biden also had five deferments.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • This is illustrated in the table, which shows that the largest spendable fund amount varies with the asset deferment period, the asset yield and the age of the retiree.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This finding holds over a wide range of asset yields and deferment periods.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In the ordinary course of things, the director of the institute would have signed a letter in behalf of the young genius, asking for a deferment.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Months spent in deferment before 2013 (with the exception of in-school deferment) will count.
    — Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Trump is a son of privilege who received five deferments to avoid Vietnam and has spent his entire adult life finding way to get in front of the camera.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Trump’s critics have never let him off the hook over military deferments that kept him from dining in a mess hall in Vietnam.
    — David K. Li, Fox News, 9 June 2018
  • Workers will need to pay those taxes next year, and the deferment will at the least mean complex changes to employers' payroll systems.
    — Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Farmers were hit four years ago when the Trump administration narrowed the use of this tax deferment, known as a 1031 like-kind exchange.
    — Will Parker, WSJ, 6 May 2021
  • Trump received deferments from serving in the Vietnam War, including one that cited bone spurs in his heels in 1968.
    — Ali Vitali, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Its cash flows collapsed amid widespread closures and the deferment of big movie releases.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Whether taxpayers need to apply for the deferment also varies from town to town, the Hartford Courant reported.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2020

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