delay

delay
I noun cunctatio, cunctation, dalliance, deceleration, deferment, demurral, detainment, detention, dilatoriness, impediment, intermission, interruption, lag, lateness, cessatio, mora, moratorium, pause, postponement, procrastination, prolongation, prorogation, putting off, retardation, setback, slowness, stall, stay, suspension, tardiness, tarriance, wait associated concepts: dilatory motions foreign phrases:
- De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa. — When the death of a human being may be concerned, no delay is considered long
- Justitia non est neganda, non differenda — Justice is neither to be denied nor delayed.
- Dilationes in lege sunt odiosae. — Delays are odious to the law.
II verb adjourn, arrest, arrest temporarily, be dilatory, block, bring to a standstill, curb, defer, detain, detinere, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in abeyance, hold over, hold up, impede, impede the progress of, interfere, intermit, keep back, keep from proceeding, keep one waiting, keep pending, lay over, linger, loiter, make inactive, obstruct, postpone, prevent, prolong, protract, put off, remit, retard, set back, shelve, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, stall, stall for time, stand in the way, stay, stop, stymie, table, tardare, tarry, temporize associated concepts: accidental delays, damages for delay, delay beyond the seller's control, delay occasioned by the defendant, delayed compensation, dilatory delay, excusable delay, excuse for delay, hinder and delay, inexcusable delay, justifiable delay, laches, unavoidable delay, unreasonable delay, without delay III index abeyance, adjourn, arrest (stop), balk, block, cessation (interlude), check (bar), check (restrain), constrict (inhibit), continue (adjourn), curb, damper (stopper), defer (put off), deferment, detain (restrain), discontinue (break continuity), doubt (hesitate), extension (postponement), filibuster, halt, hamper, hesitate, hesitation, hiatus, impede, inhibit, interrupt, interruption, keep (restrain), laches, moratorium, obstacle, obstruct, pause (noun), pause (verb), postpone, prevent, procrastinate, protract (prolong), remain (stay), reprieve, stall, stay, stay (halt), stop, suspend

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


delay
failure to perform on time.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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  • delay — Delay, Dilatio, Mora, Procrastinatio, Spatium. Delais ordinaires et ordonnez par la Loy, Legitimi dies. Un delay et terme de vingt jours donné par la Loy à ceux qui estoient convaincus par instrument, ou par leur confession, de debvoir quelque… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Delay — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pedal de delay. Delay (inglés: retraso) es un efecto de sonido que consiste en la multiplicación y retraso modulado de una señal sonora. Una vez procesada la señal se mezcla con la original. El resultado es el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • DELAY (J.) — Jean DELAY 1907 1987 De sa naissance à Bayonne le 14 novembre 1907 jusqu’à la fresque sans égale achevée avec sa tétralogie généalogique Avant mémoire , en passant par l’Académie de médecine et l’Académie francaise, chaque moment de la vie de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • delay — vb 1 Delay, retard, slow, slacken, detain are not always close synonyms, but they carry the same basic meaning: to cause someone or something to be behind in his or its schedule or usual rate of movement or progress. Delay implies the operation,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • delay — DELAY. s. m. Retardement, remise. Long delay. demander un delay. obtenir un delay. donner quelque delay. prendre du delay. sans delay. sans aucun delay. sans plus de delay. deux ou trois jours de delay. pour tout delay …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Delay — (engl. Verzögerung) steht für: mehrere Begriffe in der Telekommunikation, siehe Verzögerung (Telekommunikation) eine Verzögerung von Schall, siehe Delay (Musik) einen Effekt aus dem Bereich der audivisuell unterstützenden Veranstaltungstechnik… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Delay — De*lay , n.; pl. {Delays}. [F. d[ e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Differ},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Delay — De*lay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d[ e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] 1. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Delay — De*lay , v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. [1913 Webster] There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Delay — (inglés: retraso) Efecto de sonido que consiste en la multiplicación y retraso modulado de una señal sonora. Una vez procesada la señal se mezcla con la original. El resultado es el clásico efecto de eco sonoro. En cualquier módulo de delay… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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