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extension (postponement), layoff
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temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence — index reprieve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
suspension — The end of the evening session for specific futures and options markets traded at the Chicago Board of Trade. Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * suspension sus‧pen‧sion [səˈspenʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. the act of officially… … Financial and business terms
suspension — /sə spenʃən/ noun an act of stopping something for a time ● There has been a temporary suspension of payments. ● We are trying to avoid a suspension of deliveries during the strike … Dictionary of banking and finance
suspension — [sə spen′shən] n. [ML suspensio < LL, an arching < L suspensus: see SUSPENSE] 1. a suspending or being suspended; specif., a) a temporary barring from an office, school, etc. b) a temporary stoppage of payment, service, etc. c) a temporary… … English World dictionary
Suspension — Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, temporary delay … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suspension bridge — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suspension of arms — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suspension scale — Suspension Sus*pen sion, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See {Suspend}.] 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suspension — sus·pen·sion n: the act of suspending: the state or period of being suspended the suspension of an employee Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suspension … Law dictionary
suspension — early 15c., temporary halting or deprivation, from L. suspensionem (nom. suspensio) the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting, from pp. stem of suspendere to hang (see SUSPEND (Cf. suspend)). A semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these… … Etymology dictionary
