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moratorium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | postponement, delay, hold, time lag, wait |
moratorium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | abeyance, suspension |
Examples of moratorium
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The city has had to micromanage its water supply to avoid a building moratorium.
From the thenewstribune.com
The moratorium allows the culling of whales for purposes of scientific research.
From the edition.cnn.com
The American Public Health Association has called for a moratorium on new CAFOs.
From the kentucky.com
The Obama administration responded by imposing a deep water drilling moratorium.
From the bbc.co.uk
The new moratorium threatens enormous harm to the nation and to the Gulf region.
From the ecocentric.blogs.time.com
Switzerland passed a moratorium on reactors shortly after the Japanese meltdown.
From the time.com
Palestinians had already rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's moratorium as inadequate.
From the stltoday.com
The council also voted to lift a building permit moratorium established in June.
From the al.com
It is not known how many people were stoned before the moratorium was announced.
From the washingtonpost.com
- A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
- Suspension of an ongoing activity
- A moratorium in the home entertainment business refers to the practice of suspending the sales of DVD movies or DVD boxed sets after a certain period of time. ...
- During the negotiation process, a period of 60 to 90 days during which EPA and potentially responsible parties may reach settlement but no site response activities can be conducted.
- A temporary suspension by statute of the enforceability of a debt.
- A suspension of specific, or all, business activities to prevent additional damage. Sometimes a moratorium can be decreed by a nation. Sometimes a business can enact a moratorium on its own. In bankruptcy law, a legally binding halt of the right to collect debt.
- When a foreign country temporarily closes its international adoption program for reasons such as in order to restructure their programs.
- A moratorium suspends the right of property owners to obtain development approvals while the local legislature takes time to consider, draft, and adopt land use regulations or rules to respond to new or changing circumstances not adequately dealt with by its current laws. ...
- A temporary ban or halt to a specific activity.
