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EMBARGO
embargo, trade embargo, trade stoppage
(noun) a government order imposing a trade barrier
embargo
(verb) prevent commerce; “The U.S. embargoes Libya”
embargo
(verb) ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; “embargoed publications”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
A ban on trade with another country.
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
Verb
embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple past and past participle embargoed)
(transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
(transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.
Anagrams
• Bergamo
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bar"go, n.; pl. Embargoes. Etym: [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.]
Definition: 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.
Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.
Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.]
Definition: To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
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