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Embargo

//ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 1
    An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
  2. 2
    a government order imposing a trade barrier wordnet
  3. 3
    A ban on trade with another country.

    "Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England."

  4. 4
    A temporary ban on making certain information public.

    "This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m."

  5. 5
    A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.

    "They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;..."

Verb
  1. 1
    To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country. transitive
  2. 2
    prevent commerce wordnet
  3. 3
    To impose an embargo on a document. transitive

    "Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament"

  4. 4
    ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).

Etymology 2

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).

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