Embargo

Quick meaning: Embargo is a noun meaning An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

Meaning

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

More Meanings

1. A ban on trade with another country.
2. A temporary ban on making certain information public.
3. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
4. (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
5. (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.

Example Sentences

Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament

This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

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

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;.

Word Forms

• embargoes
• embargos
• embargoing
• embargoed

Synonyms for embargo

Depending on context, synonyms include blockade.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sequestration, confiscation, forfeiture, prohibition, exclusion, banning.

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