future consideration

Meanings

1. 1phrasefixed phraseformal

   something that will be thought about or decided at a later time, not now

   Grammar: Usually used after 'for' or 'as': for future consideration, as a future consideration.

   Patterns

   • for future consideration
   • take something into future consideration
   • as a future consideration

   The committee put the proposal aside for future consideration.

   Please keep these points for future consideration when we revise the plan.

   The issue was noted as a future consideration rather than being resolved today.

2. 2phrasefixed phraseformalbusinesslaw

   in business or law, something of value promised to be given later, often as part of a deal

   Grammar: Often appears in contracts: 'in consideration of future consideration'.

   Patterns

   • as future consideration
   • in exchange for future consideration
   • promise future consideration

   The seller agreed to accept future consideration instead of immediate payment.

   The contract specified that future consideration would be paid in shares.

   They structured the deal with future consideration to reduce the initial cost.

Common combinations

for future consideration

We will keep your application for future consideration.

take into future consideration

The board took the feedback into future consideration.

as a future consideration

He mentioned the budget as a future consideration.

merit future consideration

The idea merits future consideration by the planning team.

Synonyms and how they differ

later review

More general; it means examining something again later, not necessarily as a formal decision.

deferred decision

Focuses on the decision being postponed, while 'future consideration' focuses on the act of thinking about it later.

Opposites

Commonly confused: future consideration or future considerations?

Practice

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