suspend

suspend: suspend sus‧pend [səˈspend] verb [transitive]

1. to officially stop something from continuing or happening for a short time:

• The company has suspended production at its Arkansas plant.

• The troubled computer concern had to suspend dividend payments on its preferred shares.

2. HUMAN RESOURCES to make someone leave a job, position, or organization for a short time, especially because they have broken the rules:

• The firm suspended two senior accountants after allegations of financial mismanagement.

suspend somebody from something

• He was fined £300,000 and suspended from trading for four months.

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suspend UK US /səˈspend/ verb [T]

► to stop something, either temporarily or permanently, from happening or continuing: »The group's shares were suspended at 199p while the takeover deal was finalized.
suspend production/service/trading »The Stock Exchange will suspend trading in the group's shares if they do not secure financing over the next two weeks.
suspend accounts/payments » If users ignore messages warning them not to download files illegally, their accounts could be suspended.
»indefinitely/permanently/temporarily suspended

► HR, POLITICS if an organization suspends an employee or member, it temporarily stops them from working or from being a member, often because they have done something wrong: suspend sb from sth/doing sth »She was suspended from her £150,000-a-year job for six months.
»Pakistan was suspended from the Commonwealth for failing to lift emergency rule by the deadline.
be suspended for 6 days/2 weeks/3 months, etc. »Mr Morris, who has been suspended for a year, expects to return to his job after a meeting of governors.
»The director was suspended on full pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

► LAW to give someone a punishment, especially a prison sentence, that will not be carried out if they do not do anything else illegal within a particular period: » She was given an 18-month suspended sentence for her part in the fraud.
»He pleaded guilty and was given a 12-month sentence suspended for 12 months.

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Synonyms:

Hang / Make to depend / Interrupt, intermit, stay, delay, hinder / Discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, stop, break off / Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off / Debar temporarily (as from an office), Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy

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suspend — sus·pend vt 1: to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function 2 a: to stop temporarily suspend trading b: to make temporarily ineffective suspend a license c: sta … Law dictionary
Suspend — Sus*pend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspending}.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus (see {Sub }) + pendere to hang. See {Pedant},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suspend — [sə spend′] vt. [ME suspenden < OFr suspendre < L suspendere, to hang up < sus , for sub ,SUB + pendere, to hang: see PEND] 1. to bar or exclude as a penalty from an office, school, position, etc., usually for a specified time; debar 2.… … English World dictionary
suspend — [v1] hang from above append, attach, be pendent, dangle, depend, hang down, hang up, hook up, sling, swing, wave; concepts 181,190 Ant. rise suspend [v2] delay, hold off adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short,… … New thesaurus
Suspend — Sus*pend , v. i. To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suspend — late 13c., to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege, to cause to cease for a time, from O.Fr. suspendre, from L. suspendere to hang, stop, from sub up from under + pendere cause to hang, weigh (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant)). The … Etymology dictionary
suspend — 1 disbar, shut out, *exclude, eliminate, debar, blackball, rule out Analogous words: *eject, dismiss, oust: *banish, exile, ostracize 2 stay, intermit, postpone, *defer Analogous words: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
suspend — ► VERB 1) halt temporarily. 2) temporarily remove (someone) from a post as a punishment or during investigation. 3) defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement). 4) (suspended) Law (of a sentence) not enforced as long as no further offence is… … English terms dictionary
suspend — suspendible, adj. suspendibility, n. /seuh spend /, v.t. 1. to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling. 2. to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge. 3. to keep from falling,… … Universalium
suspend — v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to hang ) to suspend from (to suspend a hook from the ceiling) 2) (D; tr.) ( to bar temporarily ) to suspend from (to suspend smb. from duty) * * * [sə spend] (D; tr.) ( to hang ) to suspend from (to suspend a hook from the… … Combinatory dictionary

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