moratorium
IPA: mɔrʌtˈɔriʌm
noun
- (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
- A suspension of an ongoing activity.
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Examples of "moratorium" in Sentences
- The moratorium was rescinded in 2000.
- Work began quickly to organize the Moratorium.
- There is some discussion of the moratorium there.
- Congress lifted the construction moratorium in 1926.
- The moratorium applies only to a limited number of cities.
- I am opposed to a moratorium of the creation of all userboxes.
- The moratorium kept peace in the German lands for over a decade.
- All four of the largest neighborhoods are exempt from the moratorium.
- It certainly was not clear that the moratorium covered the summer only.
- The proposition failed, but the city council did not lift the moratorium.
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