moratorium

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• UK: /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/
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New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتِمْهَال (istimhāl) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Belarusian: марато́рый (maratóryj) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Danish: moratorium — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Finnish: lyhennysvapaus — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• French: moratoire — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• German: Moratorium — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Hungarian: moratórium — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Hungarian: haladék — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Icelandic: greiðslustöðvun — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Icelandic: frestur — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Icelandic: stöðvun — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Italian: moratoria — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Japanese: モラトリアム (moratoriamu) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Korean: 지불정지 (jibuljeongji) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Korean: 지불연기 (jiburyeon'gi) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Korean: 지불유예 (jiburyuye) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Latvian: moratorijs — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Norwegian Bokmål: moratorium — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Occitan: moratòri — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Portuguese: moratória — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Russian: морато́рий (moratórij) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Spanish: moratoria — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Ukrainian: морато́рій (moratórij) — authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments
• Belarusian: марато́рый (maratóryj) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Bulgarian: морато́риум (moratórium) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 暫停 /暂停 (zàntíng) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 中止 (zhōngzhǐ) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 停止 (tíngzhǐ) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Czech: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Danish: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Dutch: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Finnish: keskeytys — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Finnish: kielto — suspension of an ongoing activity
• French: moratoire — suspension of an ongoing activity
• German: Moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Hungarian: felfüggesztés — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Hungarian: leállítás — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Japanese: モラトリアム (moratoriamu) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Japanese: 停止 (teishi) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Korean: 모라토리엄 (moratorieom) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Latvian: moratorijs — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Macedonian: мораториум (moratorium) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Māori: auporotanga — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Polish: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Russian: морато́рий (moratórij) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Slovak: moratórium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Spanish: moratoria — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Swedish: moratorium — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Turkish: sekte — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Ukrainian: морато́рій (moratórij) — suspension of an ongoing activity
• Japanese: モラトリアム (moratoriamu) — period of delay before assuming adult obligations