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.
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).