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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•go /ɛmˈbɑrgoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -goes, v., -goed, -go•ing. n. [countable] - Business, Governmenta restriction on commerce, esp. a government order prohibiting the movement of ships into or out of its ports, or restricting certain freight for shipment.
v. [~ + object] - to impose an embargo on:The U.S. embargoed that enemy country.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•go (em bär′gō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -goes, v., -goed, -go•ing. n. - Business, Governmentan order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
- Government, Businessan injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities.
- Business, Governmentany restriction imposed upon commerce by edict.
- a restraint or hindrance;
prohibition.
v.t. - to impose an embargo on.
- Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, equivalent. to im- im-1 + -barricāre (*barr(a) bar1 + -icāre causative suffix)
- Spanish, derivative of embargar to hinder, embarrass
- 1595–1605
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ban, restriction, interdiction, postscription.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: embargo /ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ/ n ( pl -goes)- a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
- any legal stoppage of commerce
- a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition
vb ( -goes, -going, -goed)(transitive)- to lay an embargo upon
- to seize for use by the state
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish, from embargar, from Latin im- + barra bar1 |