Moratoriumnoun
(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
Rahuinoun
(NZ) In Māori culture, restriction of access to a place, as a form of taboo.
Moratoriumnoun
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
‘Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.’;
Moratoriumnoun
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.
Moratoriumnoun
a suspension of an activity.
Moratoriumnoun
an officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a moratorium on putting a law into effect.
Moratoriumnoun
a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
Moratoriumnoun
suspension of an ongoing activity