单词 | moratorium |
释义 | moratorium /mawr'euh tawr"ee euhm, -tohr"-, mor'-/, n. , pl. moratoria /-tawr"ee euh, -tohr"-/, moratoriums. 1. a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons. 2. a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency. 3. an authorized period of delay or waiting. [1870-75; < NL, LL moratorium, n. use of neut. of moratorius MORATORY] |
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