moratorium
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin morior (“I delay”) from mora (“delay”). See also moratory.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] 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.
[edit] Translations
authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
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suspension of an ongoing activity
[edit] External links
Moratorium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Moratorium in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
[edit] Danish
[edit] Noun
moratorium n. (singular definite moratoriet, plural indefinite moratorier)
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of moratorium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | moratorium | moratoriet | moratorier | moratorierne |
| genitive | moratoriums | moratoriets | moratoriers | moratoriernes |
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Polish
[edit] Noun
moratorium n.
[edit] 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 |
