postpone
verb
[ pəʊs(t)ˈpəʊn ]
• cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.
• "the visit had to be postponed for some time"
Similar:
put off,
delay,
defer,
put back,
hold over/off,
carry over,
reschedule,
adjourn,
stay,
shelve,
stand over,
pigeonhole,
keep in abeyance,
suspend,
mothball,
put over,
table,
take a rain check on,
continue,
put on ice,
put on the back burner,
put in cold storage,
remit,
respite,
Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin postponere, from post ‘after’ + ponere ‘to place’.
