Look up: Embargo

1. Embargo
   When a ban is placed on the export or import of a certain good or on trade with a particular country or countries.
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2. embargo
   [n] - a government order imposing a trade barrier 2. [v] - prevent commerce
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3. Embargo
   Temporary action, generally by one country, to halt shipment of goods intoor out of another... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/embargo.htm?id=12441&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of embargo'>more</a>
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4. embargo
   The legal prohibition by a government of trade with another country, forbidding foreign ships to leave or enter its ports. Trade embargoes, as economic sanctions, may...
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5. embargo
   ban
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6. Embargo
   Em·bar'go noun ; plural Embargoes . [ Spanish , from embargar to arrest, restrain; prefix em- (L. in ) + Spanish barra bar, akin to French barre bar. See Bar .] An edict or order of the governm...
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7. Embargo
   Em·bar'go transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embargoed ; present participle & verbal noun Embargoing .] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
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8. embargo
   trade embargo noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
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9. embargo
   verb prevent commerce; `The U.S. embargoes Libya`
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10. Embargo
    • (v. t.) To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods. • (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.
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11. embargo
    legal prohibition by a government or group of governments restricting the departure of vessels or movement of goods from some or all locations to one ... [11 related articles]
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12. Embargo
    The prohibition of some category of trade. May apply to exports and/or imports, of particular products or of all trade, vis a vis the world or a particular country or countries.
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13. embargo
    embargo (embär'gō) , prohibition by a country of the departure of ships or certain types of goods from its ports. Instances of confining all domestic ships to port are rare, and the Embargo Act of 1807 is the sole example of this in American history. The detention of foreign vessels h...
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14. embargo
    The prohibition of trade with a country by another country or international organization. Embargoes may be general (a total ban) or specific (relating to, for example, technology transfer, energy supplies, or weaponry). See also sanctions
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15. Embargo
    a warning to the media not to publish a news item until the date specified on the release.
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16. Embargo
    An `embargo` is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it. Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is i...
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17. Embargo
    (academic publishing) In academic publishing, an `embargo` is a period during which access is not allowed to certain types of users. The purpose of this is to protect the revenue of the publisher. Various types exist: Purpose : There are various purposes: Moving wall : In academic publishing,...
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