surseance

名词 n.
/ˈsɜːsiəns/    /ˈsɜɹsiəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. peace (state of not fighting) or quiet (silence, or calmness) obsolete
    — all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience, ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace, silence, and surseance
  2. The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company. countable,uncountable

词形变化

surseances plural

词源

From Middle English *surseance (not found), from Old French surseance (“suspicion; delay”), from surseoir (“to delay”), from supersedo. More at surcease.
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