postponedobligation
nounUK /pəˈspəʊnd ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃən/
US /pəˈspoʊnd ˌɑːblɪˈɡeɪʃən/
Something you were supposed to do but put off until later.
Paying the library fine became a postponed obligation after I kept forgetting my wallet.
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2. A debt or payment that has been officially moved to a later date.
The bank agreed to treat the loan payment as a postponed obligation until spring.
3. A promise or duty someone keeps delaying on purpose.
Visiting his grandmother felt like a postponed obligation he kept pushing to next month.
4. In law, a duty whose performance is temporarily suspended by agreement.
The contract listed the repair work as a postponed obligation pending the inspection.