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The word first referred specifically to a government order prohibiting commercial ships from entering or leaving that country’s ports. (The Spanish word comes from embargar, “ to bar .”) By the middle of the 17th century embargo was being used more broadly to refer to any government order that limits trade in some way.
EMBARGOED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of embargo 2. to officially stop trading with another country: . Learn more.
Add to word list. Add to word list. politics & government. a government order to temporarily stop trading certain goods or with certain countries: They put an embargo on imports of steel. (Definition of embargo from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Add to word list. Add to word list. politics & government. a government order to temporarily stop trading certain goods or with certain countries: They put an embargo on imports of steel. (Definition of embargo from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
a restraint or hindrance; prohibition: A one-year embargo on her published dissertation allowed only the title, abstract, and citation information to be released to the public. Synonyms: proscription, interdiction, restriction, ban.
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense embargoes , present participle embargoing , past tense, past participle embargoed. 1. countable noun. If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country.
Definition of embargo verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of embargo noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An embargo is an order stopping the movement of trade ships into or out of a country. If you can’t get those yummy Swedish fish, perhaps there has been an embargo on trade with Sweden! The fact that ships cannot move during an embargo makes sense from the Latin root of the word, a verb meaning impede with barriers.
Define embargoed. embargoed synonyms, embargoed pronunciation, embargoed translation, English dictionary definition of embargoed. 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...
