moratorium
Meanings
noun
- An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
- A suspension of an ongoing activity.
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New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.
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