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- Dictionaryembargo/ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
noun
- 1. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country: "an embargo on grain sales"
- 2. an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports: historical "an embargo laid by our Emperor upon all vessels whatsoever"
verb
- 1. impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity): "all of these countries have been embargoed by the US"
- 2. seize (a ship or goods) for state service: archaic "they must embargo means of transport"
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an order to temporarily stop something, especially trading or giving information: put an embargo on They have put an embargo on imports of clothing. news embargo The police asked for a news embargo while they tried to find the kidnapper. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. International relations: international politics & government.
The meaning of EMBARGO is an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports. How to use embargo in a sentence. When Should You Use embargo?
Embargo definition: any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict, especially against a certain country as a penalty or to induce compliance with demands or legal obligations. See examples of EMBARGO used in a sentence.
EMBARGO meaning: 1. an order to temporarily stop something, especially trading or giving information: 2. to…. Learn more.
Definition of embargo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An embargo is an order stopping the movement of trade ships into or out of a country. If you can’t get those yummy Swedish fish, perhaps there has been an embargo on trade with Sweden! The fact that ships cannot move during an embargo makes sense from the Latin root of the word, a verb meaning impede with barriers.
If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country. The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the country. American English : embargo / ɪmˈbɑrgoʊ /
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any legal stoppage of commerce: an embargo on arms shipments. 3. a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition. vb ( tr) , -goes, -going or -goed. 4.
an order by a government to stop trade with another country: an arms / oil embargo. We will not lift (= stop) the trade embargo until they end this war. (Definition of embargo from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of embargo verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
