Moratorium

Definitions

1. An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
2. A suspension of an ongoing activity.

Equivalents

Examples

“Canada may put⟳ a moratorium on cloning for research⟳.”

“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.”

“If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.”

“Proponents of an AI moratorium had argued that a patchwork of state and local AI laws is hindering progress⟳ in the AI industry and the ability of U.S. firms to compete⟳ with China.”

CEFR level