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Moratorium
moratorium
moratorium
See also: Moratorium and moratórium
English
Noun
moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)
- (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
- A suspension of an ongoing activity. [from 20th c.]
- Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.
- 1990, Gerhard Falk, Murder, an Analysis of its Forms, Conditions, and Causes, McFarland.
- It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect.
Translations
authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
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suspension of an ongoing activity
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Danish
Noun
moratorium n (singular definite moratoriet, plural indefinite moratorier)
Inflection
Inflection of moratorium
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | moratorium | moratoriet | moratorier | moratorierne |
| genitive | moratoriums | moratoriets | moratoriers | moratoriernes |
Synonyms
- (suspension of payments): henstand
- (suspension of an ongoing activity): stop
Polish
Noun
moratorium n
Declension
declension of moratorium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moratorium | moratoria |
| genitive | moratorium | moratoriów |
| dative | moratorium | moratoriom |
| accusative | moratorium | moratoria |
| instrumental | moratorium | moratoriami |
| locative | moratorium | moratoriach |
| vocative | moratorium | moratoria |