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1. (n.) embargo
an order by a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2. embargo
an order from a government agency restricting or barring certain freight for shipment.
3. embargo
any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict:
an embargo on munitions.
4. embargo
any restraint or prohibition.
5. (v.t.) embargo
to impose an embargo on.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < Sp, der. of embargar to hinder, embarrass)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) embargo, trade embargo, trade stoppage
a government order imposing a trade barrier
2. (verb) embargo
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
"embargoed publications"
3. (verb) embargo
prevent commerce
"The U.S. embargoes Libya"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) embargo
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
2. (verb) embargo
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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Sense: an official order forbidding something, especially trade with another country.
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 Afrikaans: verbod |
 Arabic: حَظْر، حَجْر، مَنْع التَّ |
 Bulgarian: ембарго |
 Brazilian: embargo |
 Czech: embargo |
 German: das Embargo |
 Danish: embargo; blokade |
 Greek: εμπάργκο |
 Spanish: embargo |
 Estonian: embargo |
 Farsi: تحریم اقتصادی؛ منع تجارت |
 Finnish: kielto |
 French: embargo |
 Hebrew: הֶסגֵר |
 Hindi: व्यापार प्रतिषेध |
 Croatian: staviti zabranu |
 Hungarian: embargó |
 Indonesian: embargo |
 Icelandic: hafnbann; viðskiptabann |
 Italian: embargo |
 Japanese: 通商禁止 |
 Korean: 입출항 금지 명령, 무역 제한 |
 Lithuanian: embargas |
 Latvian: embargo, aizliegums |
 Malay: sekatan |
 Dutch: embargo |
 Norwegian: (eksport-/import)forbud, |
 Polish: embargo |
 Persian: تحریم اقتصادی؛ منع تجارت |
 Pashto: تجارتى بنديز، اقتصادى بند |
 Portuguese: restrição |
 Romanian: embargo |
 Russian: эмбарго |
 Slovak: embargo |
 Slovenian: prepoved (trgovanja) |
 Serbian: embargo |
 Swedish: embargo |
 Thai: การสั่งห้ามค้าขาย |
 Turkish: ambargo |
 Taiwanese: 禁運令 |
 Ukrainian: ембарго, заборона |
 Urdu: سرکاری پابندی تجارت وغیرہ |
 Vietnamese: lệnh cấm vận |
 Chinese: 禁止贸易令，禁运令 |
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