Embargo

[em'bɑːgəʊ;ɪm-] or [ɪm'bɑrɡo]

Definition

(noun.) a government order imposing a trade barrier.

(verb.) prevent commerce; 'The U.S. embargoes Libya'.

(verb.) ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; 'embargoed publications'.

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Definition

(n.) An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

(v. t.) To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Prohibition (of vessels to leave port).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Restraint, detention, prohibition, stoppage

ANT:Permit, permission, discharge, liberation, dismissal, conge

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Definition

n. a temporary order from the Admiralty to prevent the arrival or departure of ships: a stoppage of trade for a short time by authority:—pl. Embar′goes.—v.t. to lay an embargo on: to seize.—pr.p. embar′gōing; pa.p. embar′gōed.

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