Definitions for moratorium

moratorium mor·a·to·ri·um

Spelling: [mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, mor-]
IPA: /ˌmɔr əˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌmɒr-/

Moratorium is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in moratorium (aimmoorrtu).

Definitions for moratorium

noun

  1. a suspension of activity:
  2. a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.
  3. an authorized period of delay or waiting.

Origin of moratorium

1870-75; New Latin, Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of neuter of morātōrius moratory

Examples for moratorium

I don't think the moratorium was intended to work in this sort of way.

His Democratic challenger, Tom Wolf, has promised to issue a moratorium on executions if elected.

Alongside Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, he founded the moratorium Campaign, an anti-death penalty effort.

There ought to be a sort of moratorium in the matter of social laws.

It was the moment that led Ryan to order a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois.

France, too, suffered in a like way from the paralysing effect of the moratorium.

We therefore resolved to entrench ourselves behind the moratorium and prepared for a stubborn resistance.

The Bulgarians, by the way, began the war with a moratorium.

Most Pennsylvanians now support a moratorium on capital punishment until its efficacy can be determined.

In 2011, Illinois extended the moratorium begun under Governor Ryan into a full ban on capital punishment.

Word Value for moratorium
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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