Embargo
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embargo¹
- /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/ US
- /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
Where it comes from
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
noun embargoes · embargos
- An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
- A ban on trade with another country. Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.
- A temporary ban on making certain information public. This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
- A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure. They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...
verb embargoes · embargoing · embargoed
- To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
- To impose an embargo on a document. Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament
Embargo²
proper noun
- A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
