What is deferred assignment in Kotlin?

Question

In Kotlin Documentation, there is mentioned about deferred assignment

val a: Int = 1  // immediate assignment  
val b = 2   // `Int` type is inferred  
val c: Int  // Type required when no initializer is provided  
c = 3       // **deferred assignment**

What is the meaning of deferred assignment?

Answer 1

This means simply that the variable is initialized not in its declaration but at a later point.