Embargo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural em·bar·goes.
  1. any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict, especially against a certain country as a penalty or to induce compliance with demands or legal obligations: The United Nations fact-finding mission recommended the imposition of an arms embargo and other targeted economic sanctions on the rogue state.The software may not be exported into any country with which the United States maintains a trade embargo prohibiting the shipment of goods.
  2. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
  3. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities.
  4. a restraint or hindrance; prohibition: A one-year embargo on her published dissertation allowed only the title, abstract, and citation information to be released to the public.
verb (used with object), em·bar·goed, em·bar·go·ing.
  1. to impose an embargo on.
noun plural -goes
  1. a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
  2. any legal stoppage of commerce
  3. a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition
verb -goes, -going or -goed (tr)
  1. to lay an embargo upon
  2. to seize for use by the state
Embargo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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