Delayed response

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A delayed response is the situation where a person does not respond right away to a question or comment. The term was first used in the 14th century. In 1395 John Farborough Cadburry coined the phrase after over 300 hours of deliberation with various members of a council. This council formed in the 1200s was originally a mason's group composed of various trade specialists. Through groups such as these, early versions of trade embargoes, importing and exporting, and even currency exchange were made possible. Delayed response was originally used for the time it took for information to be exchanged between countries separated by vast amounts of water. An example would be trade agreements between France and colonized areas of Africa where a "delayed response" was expected. This also meant that agreements often were not reached for countless years because of the changing factors that occurred between the exchange of information.