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embargo

noun
/ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/US/ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *barra✻ — “bar, barrier”
  2. derived from *imbarricāre✻ — “to bar”
  3. derived from embargar

Definitions

  1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

  2. A ban on trade with another country.

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

  3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

    • This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

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

    2. To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

    3. To impose an embargo on a document.

      • Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament

    4. A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA