moratorium (redirected from moratoria)

mor·a·to·ri·um  (môr-tôr-m, -tr-, mr-)

n. pl. mor·a·to·ri·ums or mor·a·to·ri·a (-tôr-, -tr-)

1. Law

a. An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments.

b. An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation.

2. A suspension of an ongoing or planned activity: a moratorium on the deployment of a new weapon.

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[From Late Latin mortrium, neuter of mortrius, delaying; see moratory.]

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moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm]

n pl -ria [-rɪə], -riums

1. (Law) a legally authorized postponement of the fulfilment of an obligation

2. an agreed suspension of activity

[New Latin, from Late Latin morātōrius dilatory, from mora delay]

moratory  [ˈmɒrətərɪ -trɪ] adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	moratorium - a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
	2.	moratorium - suspension of an ongoing activity abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension

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moratorium

noun postponement, stay, freeze, halt, suspension, respite, standstill a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing

Translations

moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm] N (moratoriums or moratoria (pl)) [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪə] → moratoria f

moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːriəm] n → moratoire m
a moratorium on sth → un moratoire sur qch

moratorium

n → Stopp m; (Mil) → Stillhalteabkommen nt; (on treaty etc) → Moratorium nt; (Fin) → Zahlungsaufschub m; a moratorium on nuclear armament → ein Atomwaffenstopp m; to declare a moratorium on something → etw (vorläufig) mit einem Stopp belegen; → in der Frage einer Sache (gen) → ein Moratorium beschließen; there’s been a moratorium on new transplant techniques → neue Transplantationstechniken wurden vorläufig gestoppt

moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → moratoria

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moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → moratoria