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Definitions for Embargo
[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.
[5] to impose an embargo on.
[6] a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
[7] any legal stoppage of commerce an embargo on arms shipments
[8] a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition
[9] to lay an embargo upon
[10] to seize for use by the state
Words related to Embargo
ban, restraint, proscription, bar, barrier, blockage, stoppage, interdiction, interdict, impediment, hindrance, check
Words nearby Embargo
embank, embankment, embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo, embark, embarkation, embarkment, embarras, embarras de richesses
Origin of Embargo
1595–1605; < Spanish, derivative of embargar to hinder, embarrass < Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, equivalent to im- im-1 + -barricāre (*barr(a ) bar1 + -icāre causative suffix)
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Other words from Embargo
pre·em·bar·go , adjective
Word origin for Embargo
C16: from Spanish, from embargar, from Latin im- + barra bar 1
Synonyms for Embargo
ban, restraint, bar, barrier, blockage, check, hindrance, impediment, interdict, interdiction, proscription, stoppage