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Moratorium   Listen
noun
Moratorium  n.  
1.
(Law) 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.
2.
A suspension of an activity.
3.
An officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a moratorium on putting a law into effect.





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Words linked to "Moratorium" :   postponement, time lag, hold, abeyance, delay


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