EMBARGO


Meaning of EMBARGO in English

/em bahr"goh/ , n. , pl. embargoes , v. , embargoed, embargoing .

n.

1. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.

2. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as in case of congestion or insufficient facilities.

3. any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict.

4. a restraint or hindrance; prohibition.

v.t.

5. to impose an embargo on.

[ 1595-1605; embargar to hinder, embarrass imbarricare, equiv. to im- IM- 1 + -barricare (* barr ( a ) BAR 1 + -icare causative suffix) ]

Syn. 4. ban, restriction, interdiction, postscription.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .