Usually means: Temporary suspension of an activity.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word moratorium:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. moratorium: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. moratorium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. moratorium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. moratorium: Collins English Dictionary
  5. moratorium: Vocabulary.com
  6. Moratorium, moratorium: Wordnik
  7. moratorium: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. moratorium: Wiktionary
  9. moratorium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. moratorium: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. moratorium: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. moratorium: Dictionary.com
  13. moratorium: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. moratorium: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Moratorium (entertainment), Moratorium (law), Moratorium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. moratorium: Rhymezone
  17. Moratorium: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. moratorium: Free Dictionary
  19. moratorium: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. moratorium: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  21. moratorium: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. moratorium: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  6. MORATORIUM: Accounting Glossary
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Moratorium: Investopedia
  10. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. moratorium: Legal dictionary
  12. moratorium: Financial dictionary
  13. Moratorium: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
  14. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moratorium: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moratorium: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moratorium: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moratorium: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

(Note: See moratoria as well.)

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noun:  (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
noun:  A suspension of an ongoing activity.

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