Associations to the word «Moratorium»

Wiktionary

MORATORIUM, noun. (legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
MORATORIUM, noun. A suspension of an ongoing activity. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

MORATORIUM, noun. A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged.
MORATORIUM, noun. Suspension of an ongoing activity.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis