MORATORIUM (moratoria)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: moratoria   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does moratorium mean? 

• MORATORIUM (noun)
  The noun MORATORIUM has 2 senses:

1. a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

2. suspension of an ongoing activity

  Familiarity information: MORATORIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORATORIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("moratorium" is a kind of...):

delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait (time during which some action is awaited)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suspension of an ongoing activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("moratorium" is a kind of...):

abeyance; suspension (temporary cessation or suspension)