"delayed purchase" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a purchase that was put off or not completed in a timely manner. For example, "The customer requested a delayed purchase of the item due to financial difficulties."
In America carriers have delayed purchases, which explains much of what went wrong for Alcatel-Lucent.
The company said it controlled expenses and increased operating margins as large customers in the United States delayed purchases, causing first-quarter sales to rise less than expected.
The company, based in Austin, Tex., said it expected increased orders as some tribal gambling halls had delayed purchases pending the ruling.
The company said that it believed that some of its professional users had delayed purchases of new desktop computers while they awaited an Intel-based version.
Shipments of handheld computers fell 9.5percentt in the third quarter as buyers delayed purchases in anticipation of new devices with improved hardware and software.
Shared Medical, like many other makers of health care software, has struggled as customers delayed purchases because of concerns about Year 2000 computer problems.
Many city governments have delayed purchases of police and fire equipment, the company said, and installation of two airport parking systems has also been slowed.
BMC Software said yesterday that first-quarter sales rose less than it had expected as large customers in the United States delayed purchases.
The MPC said it recognised that business and consumer confidence had fallen steeply before and after the vote while housebuyers had delayed purchases, especially in London and the south-east.
Both companies said a slowdown in sales of software for mainframe computers was their main problem as major customers delayed purchases of such "big iron" until I.B.M. delivers its next generation of mainframes later this year.
