Definition of Postponing

1. Verb. (present participle of postpone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postponing

1. postpone [v] - See also: postpone

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Literary usage of Postponing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"postponing THE OPENING OK FACTORIES. The following resolutions were read by the secretary. The fir^t was offered by Col. SD Harris, on Wednesday, ..."

2. Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled by Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone (1821)
"N. ROOT again spoke against postponing; his amendment. i. ... KING could see no benefit to be derived from postponing till to-morrow. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... pay the note out of the proceeds of the sale, or in postponing her just claim, to that of appellants, who arc not innocent holders without notice. ..."

4. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"The other gentleman is for postponing the conduct of that business until it shall be understood from experience. * * * * I am, dear Sir, Your most obedient ..."

5. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Clowes, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1891)
"That the House of Lords might be influenced on an appeal case by the result of a trial was no ground for postponing it: Bouse v. ..."

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