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   Mor·a·to·ri·um

   /ˌmôrəˈtôrēəm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a temporary prohibition of an activity: "an indefinite moratorium on the use of drift nets"
   • ▪ a legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment: "the debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium"

   Word Origin late 19th century: modern Latin, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin moratorius ‘delaying’, from Latin morat- ‘delayed’, from the verb morari, from mora ‘delay’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

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   • A

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   • T

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   • O

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   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

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