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41standstill agreement — n. agreement that everything should remain as is; agreement between a creditor country and a debtor country that requires extra time to repay its debt …
42standstill agreement — 1) An agreement between two countries in which a debt owed by one to the other is held in abeyance until a specified date in the future. 2) An agreement between an unwelcome bidder for a company and the company, in which the bidder agrees to buy… …
43standstill agreement — / stændstɪl əˌgri:mənt/ noun an agreement between a borrower and a lender that it is better to rengotiate the terms of the loan than for the lender to foreclose on the property used as security …
44Lunar standstill — At a major lunar standstill, which takes place every 18.6 years, the range of the declination of the Moon reaches a maximum. As a result, at high latitudes, the Moon appears to move in just two weeks from high in the sky to low on the horizon.… …
45grind to a halt/standstill — ► to stop gradually: »Business ground to a standstill during the bad weather. Main Entry: ↑grind …
46grind to a standstill — grind to a halt/standstill ► to stop gradually: »Business ground to a standstill during the bad weather. Main Entry: ↑grind …
47bring to a standstill — index arrest (stop), check (restrain), delay, discontinue (break continuity), enjoin, forestall, hal …
48come to a standstill — index cease, pause, quit (discontinue), rest (cease from action), stop Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
49complete standstill — index impasse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
50grind to a standstill — grind to a halt/standstill if an organization, system, or process grinds to a halt, it stops working, usually because of a problem. If the computer network crashed, the whole office would grind to a halt …