1) Adjournment 2) Break 3) Business term 4) Deferment 5) Deferral 6) Delay 7) Hold 8) Intermission 9) Interruption 10) Pause 11) Putting off 12) Rearrangement 13) Rescheduling 14) Suspension 15) Time lag 16) Wait 1) Deferment 2) Deferral 3) Delay 4) Extension 5) Moratorium 6) Prorogation 7) Stay 8) Suspension 9) Wait 
Postponement is a business strategy that maximizes possible benefit and minimizes risk by delaying further investment into a product or service until the last possible moment. An example of this strategy is Dell Computers` build-to-order online store. Among the earliest reference to the concept was in a paper by Zinn and Bowersox in the Journal o....
• (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
Means to put off to a later time. In the case of a foreclosure sale, this is done by an announcement at the original sale or by posting notices establishing the new date and time the foreclosure sale will take place.
Post·pone'ment noun The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay. 
[n] - act of putting off to a future time
The delay of final activities (i.e., assembly, production, packaging, etc.) until the latest possible time. A strategy used to eliminate excess inventory in the form of finished goods which may be packaged in a variety of configurations.
deferment noun act of putting off to a future time
the act of delaying something until a future time