BOYCOTT


Meaning of BOYCOTT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbɔɪkət ]

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 combine in refusing social or commercial relations with (a person, group, country, etc.) usu. as punishment or coercion. 2 refuse to handle (goods) to this end. --n. such a refusal. [Capt. C. C. Boycott, Irish land-agent d. 1897, so treated from 1880]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.