Definition of embargo Embargo
/ɛmbɑˈɹgow/ - [embargow] - em•bar•go
We found 17 definitions of embargo from 9 different sources.
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What does embargo mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: embargoes |
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| embargo - a government order imposing a trade barrier | ||
| trade embargo, trade stoppage | ||
| import barrier, trade barrier any regulation or policy that restricts international trade | ||
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| embargo - prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya" | ||
| kibosh, halt, stop, block cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
| embargo - ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications" | ||
| censor, ban subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- embargo (Noun)
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port. - embargo (Noun)
A ban on trade with another country. - embargo (Noun)
A temporary ban on making certain information public. - embargo (Verb)
To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country. - embargo (Verb)
To impose an embargo on a document.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- embargo (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. - embargo (v. t.)
To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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embargo
A ban on trade with another country. -
embargo
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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embargo
em-bär′gō, n. a temporary order from the Admiralty to prevent the arrival or departure of ships: a stoppage of trade for a short time by authority:—pl. Embar′goes.—v.t. to lay an embargo on: to seize.—pr.p. embar′gōing; pa.p. embar′gōed. [Sp.,—embargar, to impede, to restrain—Sp. em, in, barra, a bar. See Barricade and Embarrass.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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embargo
in commerce, arret (embargar, Span.), an arrest laid on ships or merchandise by public authority, or a prohibition of state, commonly issued on foreign ships, to prevent their putting to sea in time of war; and sometimes to prevent their coming in, and otherwise both to prevent their entrance and departure.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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embargo
A temporary injunction or arrest laid on ships or merchandise by public authority, sometimes general, to prevent all ships departing, and sometimes partial, as upon foreign ships only, or to prevent their coming in. A breach of embargo, under the knowledge of the insured, discharges the underwriters from liability.
Wikipedia 
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An embargo is when a government starts a trade blockade on a country or a certain part of a country. This is usually because of a political problem inside the country.
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An embargo stops trade between countries. This means that the countries in question will get poorer and hopefully any problem within the country will stop.
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