PROHIBITIVE


Meaning of PROHIBITIVE in English

adj. 1 prohibiting. 2 (of prices, taxes, etc.) so high as to prevent purchase, use, abuse, etc. (published at a prohibitive price). prohibitively adv. prohibitiveness n. prohibitory adj.

[ F prohibitif -ive or L prohibitivus (as PROHIBIT) ]

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