postponement; deferment; moving down
Refers to pushing something to a later time or date, or shifting a schedule/position downward. Often used in formal or administrative contexts.
The start time of the meeting was postponed by 30 minutes.
試験の日程が一週間繰り下げられた。
The exam schedule was deferred by one week.
切り下げ (devaluation/markdown) and 繰り下げ (postponement to a later time) look and sound similar but refer to completely different actions.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with the okurigana り omitted; less common but still seen.
Noun form of the verb 繰り下げる (to postpone, to move down), from 繰る (to reel, to spin) + 下げる (to lower).