postponement

English

Etymology

postpone +‎ -ment

Noun

postponement (countable and uncountable, plural postponements)

A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
The lawyer asked for a postponement in the trial so he could spend more time preparing before it began.

Translations

the state of being adjourned

Chinese:
Mandarin: 推遲 (zh), 推迟 (zh) (tuīchí), 延緩 (zh), 延缓 (zh) (yánhuǎn), 延期 (zh) (yánqī)
French: ajournement (fr) m
German: Aufschub (de) m, Verschiebung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναβολή f (anabolḗ)

Japanese: 延期 (ja) (えんき, enki)
Romanian: amânare (ro) f
Russian: отсро́чка (ru) f (otsróčka) (postponement), откла́дывание (ru) n (otkládyvanije) (act of postponing), заде́ржка (ru) f (zadéržka) (delay)
Spanish: aplazamiento m

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