The financial definition for Single Premium Deferred Annuity (SPDA):
An IRA-like annuity into which an investor makes a lump-sum payment that is invested in either a fixed-return instrument or a variable-return portfolio, which is taxed only when distributions are taken.
Deferred account A type of account that delays taxes on that account until some later date.
Deferred call
Deferred call A provision that prohibits the company from calling the bond before a certain date. During this period the bond is said to be call protected.