Define moratorium: a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt â moratorium in a sentence a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt; a waiting period set by an authorityâ¦
Restrictive Clause. A restrictive modifying clause (or essential clause) is an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of a sentence because it limits the thing it refers to. The meaning of the sentence would change if the clause were deleted.
Definition of restrictive for English Language Learners. : 1  limiting or controlling someone or something. 2  grammar of a word or group of words : giving information about a person or thing that is needed to understand which person or thing is meant.