defer1
verb
he deferred the final decision till a later meeting:
postpone, put off, adjourn, delay, hold over/off, put back, carry over;
shelve, suspend, stay, hold in abeyance, prorogue, pigeonhole, mothball;
North American put over, table, lay on the table, take a rain check on;
North American, Law continue;
informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage;
rare remit, respite.