意味(日本語)

支払猶予、支払猶予期間 ◇L.morari(＝遅延する)、mora(＝遅延)

語源

• mor-, morat- : L.mora=delay（遅れ）

意味(英語)

• (noun) Law An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
• (noun) Law An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation.
• (noun) A suspension of an ongoing or planned activity: a moratorium on the deployment of a new weapon.

例文

• Just consider Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's recent tirade in which he called the moratorium an "economic calamity" that has jeopardized thousands of jobs.