Meaning: のべadj. (Kanji=延べ) deferred, postponed, delayed, put off to a later daten. (Kanji=延べ) futures, contracts to buy or sell certain goods on a specified future date at a preset price; credit, money (in a bank account); stretching, act of extending; totalv. (Kanji=伸べる,延べる) make; stretch, extend; widen, expandv. (Kanji=述べる) describe, say, state, express, mention