moratorium
[noun]
Synonyms: postponement, freeze, halt, standstill, suspension

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mor‧a‧to‧ri‧um /ˌmɒrəˈtɔːriəm $ ˌmɔː-/ noun (plural moratoriums or moratoria) [countable usually singular]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Late Latin moratorius 'delaying', from Latin morari 'to delay']

1. an official stopping of an activity for a period of time
moratorium on
a moratorium on nuclear testing

2. a law or an agreement that gives people more time to pay their debts:
a two-year moratorium on interest payments

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

moratorium
noun
ADJ. six-month, etc.
VERB + MORATORIUM impose, place | call for | announce, declare
PREP. ~ on/upon The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.

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