OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23003

moratorium

/ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
moratoria
An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
moratoria
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
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.
Phrases