Word of the Day for Thursday, April 14, 2011
moratory \MAWR-uh-tawr-ee\, adjective:
Authorizing delay of payment.
The Republicans were attempting to place moratory measures on ObamaCare in the recent budget bill; the B.O. and his spendthrift cohorts have been resistant to those efforts!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Notwithstanding these admonitions, appellant persisted in his moratory ways.-- Employment practices decisions, Volume 60
Moratory measures were adopted to protect the banks.-- Achille Viallate, Economic imperialism and international relations during the last fifty years
Moratory is based on the Late Latin mora, "delay."
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