moratorium

Meaning

1. An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
2. A suspension of an ongoing activity.

Synonyms

halt

adjournment

cessation

deferment

deferral

discontinuation

discontinuity

extension

hiatus

interim

interpellation

interrupt

interruption

postponement

procrastination

punctuation

reprieve

stay

abatement

suspension

abort

Translations

moratoire

moratoria

Moratorium

moratória

moratoria

moratorium

moratòria

surséance

moratoryum

Stopp

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chreostásio

délai de remboursement

moratorium

moratoria ’’

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/

Etymology

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”). See also moratory.