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| em·bar·go [ em brgō ] |
noun (plural em·bar·goes) |
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1. restriction on trade: a government order restricting or prohibiting commerce, especially trade in a given commodity or with a particular nation
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2. official ban: any official restraint or prohibition
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3. order halting movement of ships: in the past, a government order that prohibited commercial ships from entering or leaving its ports, often as a measure during war
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transitive verb (past and past participle em·bar·goed, present participle em·bar·go·ing, 3rd person present singular em·bar·goes) |
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1. seize something: to confiscate or seize something for government use
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2. prohibit or forbid something: in the past, to place an embargo on something
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| [Late 16th century. < Spanish< embargar "restrain, seize"] |
