Embargo Definition
ĕm-bärgō
embargoed, embargoes, embargoing
noun
embargoes
A government order prohibiting the entry or departure of commercial ships at its ports, esp. as a war measure.
Webster's New World
Any restriction or restraint, esp. one imposed on commerce by law.
Webster's New World
A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.
American Heritage
A prohibition; a ban.
An embargo on criticism.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- trade stoppage
- trade embargo
- stoppage
- order
- blockage
- blockade
- barrier
- prohibition
- edict
- restriction
- ban
- impediment
Antonyms:
verb
embargoed, embargoes, embargoing
To put an embargo upon.
Webster's New World
To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
Wiktionary
Origin of Embargo
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Spanish from embargar to impede from Vulgar Latin imbarricāre to barricade Latin in- in en–1 Vulgar Latin barricāre to barricade (from barrīca barrel, barrier) (from barra bar, barrier)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).
From Wiktionary
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