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Moratorium   Listen
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



... the Duchess. "Poor, wretched children! There ought to be a sort of moratorium in the matter of social laws. The old rules don't hold. We are facing new conditions. This is a thing for women to take in hand, practically, as they are taking in hand other work. It must be done absolutely without prejudice. There is no time to lecture or condemn or even deplore. There is only ...
— Robin • Frances Hodgson Burnett


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


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