Prohibitory
adj
adj ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That serves to prohibit or forbid
Adjective
- 1 tending to discourage (especially of prices) wordnet
Example
More examples"The same man who tells you that he does not want to see the government interfere in business—and he means it, and has plenty of good reasons for saying so—is the first to go to Washington and ask the government for a prohibitory tariff on his product."
Etymology
From prohibit + -ory.
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