The phrase "defer about" is not grammatically correct and is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible that someone may use it in spoken casual conversation, but it would be considered non-standard and may cause confusion. A correct alternative to "defer about" could be "delay discussing" or "postpone talking about." For example, "Let's defer about the meeting until tomorrow" or "We should defer about the budget until we have more information."
But the players union would not allow the trade because Rodriguez was willing to restructure his contract and defer about $28 million to go to Boston without receiving anything in exchange.
But yesterday, as the company said its auditors had forced it to defer about a quarter of the $205.4 million in revenue it had reported for 1999, the stock sold off on extraordinarily high volume.
Delaying the opening, he said, allowed the company to defer about $200 million in costs from 2009 to 2010 (in addition to the $200 million it will save by not building the top 21 floors).
American firms, by contrast, generally appear to be deferring about half.
The board is considering deferring about $250 million worth of projects in a $9.5 billion, five-year capital plan adopted a year ago.
Indeed, several years ago, Boston University deferred about 70percentt of its early applicants, says Kelly Walter, executive director of undergraduate admissions.
Yesterday's plan to file a prepackaged bankruptcy petition will not have a substantial impact on that rescue package, which provided $65 million in new cash and deferred about $1 billion of interest and principal payments for up to five years.
But top transit officials said they have been pleased with Accenture, which also recommended a deep round of administrative layoffs that resulted in savings of $49 million and assisted on a cost-cutting hunt that eliminated or deferred about $40 million in projects deemed unnecessary.
NEW YORK TIMES Morgan Stanley Said to Plan Bonus Cap | The investment bank is capping cash bonuses at $125,000 and deferring about 75 percent of pay, as members of the firm's operating committee will go without immediate cash, Bloomberg News reports, citing an unidentified person briefed on the plans.
In addition, those millionaires deferred about 14percentt of their pay over the 12 years they were studied, amounting to $13,300 a year.
The spike in uncertainty alone was enough to make businessmen defer decisions about investment and hiring.
