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Word: Embargo
Speech Type: Verb
ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ
ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ
impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity)
Short Definition:impose embargo on
Examples:- all of these countries have been embargoed by the US
seize (a ship or goods) for state service
Short Definition:seize ship or goods for state service
Examples:- they must embargo means of transport
Word: Embargo
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: from Spanish, from embargar ‘arrest’, based on Latin in- ‘in, within’ + barra ‘a bar’
ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ
ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Short Definition:official ban on trade with country
Examples:- an embargo on grain sales
- an arms embargo
an order of a state forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports
Short Definition:order forbidding foreign ships to enter port
Examples:- an embargo laid by our Emperor upon all vessels whatsoever
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