moratorium

UK /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/ US /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ

six-month, etc.

VERB + MORATORIUM

impose, place | call for | announce, declare

PREP

~ on/upon

The company announced a temporary moratorium upon hiring new staff until the financial situation improves.

noun

An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.

A suspension of an ongoing activity.

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.

Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.

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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.

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

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Kazakhstan declared a moratorium on capital punishment.

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Scientists and environmentalists are urging an international moratorium on deep-sea mining.

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Eighty NGOs are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining as a result of the report.

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