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Moratorium

Noun (plural moratoriums or moratoria)

Definition: A temporary prohibition of an activity

Examples: “A moratorium on the use of drift nets.”

“It was simply due to the fact that the British, American and Soviet governments agreed a temporary moratorium on all nuclear testing in October 1958.”

“In 2003, the US government put a temporary moratorium on the development of specialist hospitals that are partly owned by the doctors using them.”

“A temporary moratorium on new computers has been imposed by the service.”

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 10th, 2016