moratorium /mo-rə-töˈri-əm or -tōˈ/

1. An emergency measure authorizing the suspension of payments of debts for a given time
2. The period thus declared
3. A temporary ban on, or decreed cessation of, any activity

moratory /morˈə-tə-ri/ adjective

1. Delaying
2. Deferring

• at long last
• at long stay
• at loose ends
• atm.
• ATM
• atman
• atmans
• atmologies
• atmologist
• atmologists
• atmology
• atmolyse
• atmolysed
• atmolyses
• atmolysing
• atmolysis
• atmolyze
• atmolyzed
• atmolyzes
• atmolyzing
• atmometer
• atmometers
• atmosphere
• atmospheres
• atmospheric