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noun
Moratorium  n.  
1.
(Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law.
2.
A suspension of an activity.
3.
An officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a moratorium on putting a law into effect.





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"Moratorium" Quotes from Famous Books



... resolved to entrench ourselves behind the Moratorium and prepared for a stubborn resistance. From this strong position we were able to sustain without loss a brisk fire of explosive missives which continued unchecked for some weeks. Speaking quite candidly, and dropping the language ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 • Various


Words linked to "Moratorium" :   time lag, delay, abeyance, suspension, postponement, hold, wait


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