Meaning Of The Word Embargo

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embargo
countable noun: If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country.
verb: If goods of a particular kind are embargoed, people are not allowed to import them from a particular country or export them to a particular country.

embargo in American English
a government order prohibiting the entry or departure of commercial ships at its ports, esp. as a war measure
to put an embargo upon
noun: an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports
transitive verb: to impose an embargo on

embargo in British English
noun: a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
verb: to lay an embargo upon

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