An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
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”...
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