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mnoun, plural -to·ri·a 
[-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] , -to·ri·ums.
[-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] , -to·ri·ums. 1.
a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
2.
a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.
3.
an authorized period of delay or waiting.
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Moratorium
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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Example Sentences
- The six-month moratorium is producing catastrophic results.
- In 1986, the commission introduced a moratorium on all commercial hunting.
- New Jersey currently has a moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs.
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Word Origin & History
moratorium
1875, originally a legal term for "authorization to a debtor to postpone payment," from neut. of L.L. moratorius "tending to delay," from L. morari "to delay," from mora "pause, delay," originally "standing there thinking." The word didn't come out of italics until 1914. General sense of "a postponement,
EXPANDdeliberate temporary suspension" is first recorded 1932.
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Cultural Dictionary
moratorium [(mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uhm)]A period of delay agreed to by parties to a dispute or parties who are negotiating. A moratorium may also be an authorized delay in the repayment of a loan, especially by a nation (as in a moratorium on war debts).
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