moratorium
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/mˌɔːɹɐtˈɔːɹi‍əm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "moratorium"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§‹āϰāĻžāĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ

an officially declared pause of a specific action or policy, often imposed by authorities to allow for review, safety, or negotiation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Activists called for a moratorium on deforestation in the region.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāύāύāĻŋāϧāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‹āϰāĻžāĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ

a legally allowed delay in fulfilling financial obligations, especially debt repayment, often granted during emergencies or economic hardship
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the hurricane, residents received a six-month moratorium on mortgage payments.
āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϕ⧀ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ›āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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