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em⋅bar⋅go

  [em-bahr-goh] noun, plural -goes, verb, -goed, -go⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
5. to impose an embargo on.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Sp, deriv. of embargar to hinder, embarrass < VL *imbarricāre, equiv. to im- im- 1 + -barricāre (*barr(a) bar 1 + -icāre causative suffix)

Synonyms:
4. ban, restriction, interdiction, postscription.
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em·bar·go   (ěm-bär'gō)   
n.   pl. em·bar·goes
  1. A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
  2. A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.
  3. A prohibition; a ban: an embargo on criticism.
tr.v.   em·bar·goed, em·bar·go·ing, em·bar·goes
To impose an embargo on.

[Spanish, from embargar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, to barricade : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Vulgar Latin *barricāre, to barricade (from *barrīca, barrel, barrier, from *barra, bar, barrier).]
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Embargo

Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. Embargoes. [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.

Embargo

Em*bar"go\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
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Language Translation for : embargo
Spanish: embargo,
German: das Embargo,
Japanese: 通商禁止
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embargo

A governmental restriction on trade for political purposes. The objective is to put pressure on other governments by prohibiting exports to or imports from those countries.

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embargo 
c.1593, from Sp. embargo "seizure, embargo," noun of action from embargar "restrain impede," from V.L. *imbarricare, from in- "into, upon" + *barra (see bar).
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Main Entry: em·bar·go
Pronunciation: im-'bär-gO, em-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -goes
Etymology: Spanish, from embargar to bar
1 : an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
2 : a legal prohibition on commerce embargo on arms shipments>
3 : an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation

Main Entry: embargo
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -goed; -go·ing
: to place an embargo on
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