"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 , en-au-moratorium.ogg 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, {{der|en|la|moror||I delay}} Latin moror (“I delay”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mere||to delay, hinder}} Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”) 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)
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  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 /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': 11 89 Disambiguation of 'suspension of an ongoing activity': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: interruption, recess, pause

Inflected forms

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