moratorium

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  1. noun Law An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
  2. noun Law An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation.
  3. noun A suspension of an ongoing or planned activity: a moratorium on the deployment of a new weapon.

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  • Have a moratorium -- we shouldn't have any new coal fire generating plants that aren't able to capture and store CO2. —  Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis
  • I just have a quick question on how much the potential of a reinstatement of the moratorium is actually stalling future production. —  OPNTALK
  • During the moratorium, the state would make sure the death penalty is being administered fairly and impartially. —  News for Opelika-Auburn News
  • If the moratorium is lifted, that could open the door for Bemidji St. to enter the league. —  theithacajournal.com -
  • Richard Koerner of Neenah, one of 24 members of the Congress 'executive council, called the moratorium a "moral victory" for the strongest critics of the regulation, giving them some sense the agency is listening to their concerns.
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  1. From Late Latin morātōrium, neuter of morātōrius, delaying; see moratory.

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  1. Latin, neut, singular of moratorius, causing delay, dilatory.
  2. New Latin, neuter singular of Late Latin moratorius, causing delay, dilatory: see moratory.
 

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/mɑrəˈtoʊriəm/
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