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moratory

[ mawr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, mor- ]

adjective

  1. authorizing delay of payment:

    a moratory law.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moratory1

1890–95; < Late Latin morātōrius dilatory, equivalent to morā ( rī ) to delay; mora + -tōrius -tory 1

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