defendant

被诉讼人，被告

【例】The location of arbitration shall be in the country of the domicile of the defendant.

仲裁应在被诉讼人（住处）所在国进行。

defer

推迟，使延期

①接用名词或动名词。

【例】We should be grateful if you could allow us to defer payment to the end of this month.

贵方如能许可延期到本月底付款，则十分感激。

②过去分词可作定语。

【例】We regret to say that a deferred date of shipment maybe unavoidable.

我们很抱歉，延迟装船恐怕不可避免。

deficiency

短少，不足，差额

【例】How does the government manage to make up the tax income deficiency?

政府怎么能够弥补税收差额呢？