moratorium

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

Noun

pl -ria or -riums

1. a legally authorized postponement of the payment of a debt

2. an agreed suspension of activity [Latin mora delay]

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

Translations

moratorium [mɔrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → moratoria

moratorium [mɔrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → moratoire m

moratorium [mɔrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → Stopp m; Moratorium nt

moratorium [mɔrəˈtɔːrɪəm] n → moratoria