"moratorium" meaning in English

See moratorium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/ [UK], /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/ [UK], /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/ [US] Audio: en-us-moratorium.ogg [US], en-au-moratorium.ogg [Australia] Forms: moratoriums [plural], moratoria [plural]
Etymology: New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“I delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)mer-|id=remember}}, {{der|en|LL.|morātōrium}} Late Latin morātōrium, {{m|la|morātōrius||moratory, delaying}} morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), {{der|en|la|moror||I delay}} Latin moror (“I delay”), {{m|la|mora||delay}} mora (“delay”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mere||to delay, hinder}} Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), {{m|en|moratory}} moratory Head templates: {{en-noun|s|moratoria}} moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)
  1. (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. Categories (topical): Law Translations (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments): اِسْتِمْهَال (istimhāl) [masculine] (Arabic), марато́рый (maratóryj) [masculine] (Belarusian), moratorium [neuter] (Danish), lyhennysvapaus (Finnish), moratoire [masculine] (French), Moratorium [neuter] (German), moratórium (Hungarian), haladék (Hungarian), greiðslustöðvun [feminine] (Icelandic), frestur [masculine] (Icelandic), stöðvun [feminine] (Icelandic), moratoria [feminine] (Italian), 지불정지 (jibuljeongji) (alt: 支拂停止) (Korean), 지불연기 (jiburyeon'gi) (alt: 支拂延期) (Korean), 지불유예 (jiburyuye) (alt: 支拂猶豫) (Korean), moratorijs [masculine] (Latvian), moratorium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), moratòri [masculine] (Occitan), moratória [feminine] (Portuguese), морато́рий (moratórij) [masculine] (Russian), moratoria [feminine] (Spanish), морато́рій (moratórij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moratorium-en-noun-oTy3ZEvF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments': 74 26
  2. A suspension of an ongoing activity. Synonyms (suspension of an ongoing activity): hiatus Translations (suspension of an ongoing activity): марато́рый (maratóryj) [masculine] (Belarusian), морато́риум (moratórium) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 暫停 (Chinese Mandarin), 暂停 (zàntíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 中止 (zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 停止 (tíngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), moratorium [neuter] (Czech), moratorium [neuter] (Dutch), keskeytys (Finnish), kielto (Finnish), moratoire [masculine] (French), Moratorium [neuter] (German), felfüggesztés (Hungarian), leállítás (Hungarian), モラトリアム (moratoriamu) (Japanese), 停止 (teishi) (alt: ていし) (Japanese), 모라토리엄 (moratorieom) (Korean), moratorijs [masculine] (Latvian), мораториум (moratorium) [masculine] (Macedonian), auporotanga (Maori), moratorium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), moratorium [neuter] (Polish), морато́рий (moratórij) [masculine] (Russian), moratórium [neuter] (Slovak), moratoria [feminine] (Spanish), moratorium [neuter] (Swedish), морато́рій (moratórij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moratorium-en-noun-m~y3mlJp Disambiguation of 'suspension of an ongoing activity': 10 90 Disambiguation of 'suspension of an ongoing activity': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: interruption, recess, pause

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "I delay"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "delay"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "moratory"
      },
      "expansion": "moratory",
      "name": "m"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "moratoria",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Law"
      ],
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        "An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments."
      ],
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          "law",
          "law#English"
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          "temporary"
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          "suspension"
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        "(law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments."
      ],
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        "law"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Gerhard Falk, Murder, an Analysis of its Forms, Conditions, and Causes, McFarland",
          "text": "It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 22, “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter”, in Future of Life Institute",
          "text": "If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A suspension of an ongoing activity."
      ],
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          "suspension"
        ],
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          "activity"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-moratorium.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-au-moratorium.ogg/En-au-moratorium.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-au-moratorium.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "hiatus"
    },
    {
      "word": "interruption"
    },
    {
      "word": "recess"
    },
    {
      "word": "pause"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istimhāl",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِمْهَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maratóryj",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "марато́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "lyhennysvapaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "moratórium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "haladék"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greiðslustöðvun"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frestur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stöðvun"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moratoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "支拂停止",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jibuljeongji",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "지불정지"
    },
    {
      "alt": "支拂延期",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiburyeon'gi",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "지불연기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "支拂猶豫",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jiburyuye",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "word": "지불유예"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratorijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratòri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moratória"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moratórij",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морато́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "отсро́чка по платежа́м и фина́нсовым обяза́тельствам",
      "roman": "otsróčka po platežám i finánsovym objazátelʹstvam",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moratoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "moratórij",
      "sense": "authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морато́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maratóryj",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "марато́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "moratórium",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морато́риум"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "暫停"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàntíng",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "暂停"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "中止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "keskeytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "kielto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "felfüggesztés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "leállítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "moratoriamu",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "モラトリアム"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teishi",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "moratorieom",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "모라토리엄"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moratorijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "moratorium",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мораториум"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "word": "auporotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moratórij",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морато́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratórium"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moratoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "moratórij",
      "sense": "suspension of an ongoing activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "морато́рій"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moratorium"
}
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  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "moratorium",
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}

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