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Definition of Embargo
1. Noun. A government order imposing a trade barrier.
2. Verb. Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons. "Embargoed publications"
3. Verb. Prevent commerce. "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
Definition of Embargo
1. n. 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. v. t. To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
Definition of Embargo
1. Noun. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port. ¹
2. Noun. A ban on trade with another country. ¹
3. Noun. A temporary ban on making certain information public. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embargo
1. to restrain trade by a governmental order [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embargo
Literary usage of Embargo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer MAHAN (1905)
"Despite the relief afforded by cargoes bound home when the embargo passed, and
the permits issued to bring in American property abroad, the income from this ..."
2. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878 by Robert W. Coakley (1996)
"The embargo Troubles On 22 December 1807, Congress at the instigation of the
president passed the first of a series of embargo acts aimed at cutting off ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"The embargo Bill passes—President transmits to Congress Proceedings in
Burr'.- Trials—Motion to expel Smith as an Accomplice of Burr—JQ Adams's Report ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"REPEAL OF THE embargo. quickly brought to a state bordering on starvation, for
it was from the main-land that they drew their supply of fuel, flour, ..."
5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"embargo. § 40. A kind of reprisal, which is called embargo, must be specially
mentioned. This term of Spanish origin means detention, but in International ..."
6. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1910)
"§137 The first of these special kinds is embargo, or, more accurately, ...
embargo pure and simple is nothing more than the detention of ships in port; ..."
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