Embargoes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embargo \Em*bar"go\, n.; pl. {Embargoes}. [Sp., fr. embargar to
     arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to
     F. barre bar. See {Bar}.]
     An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure
     of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its
     dominions; a prohibition to sail.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is
           called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to
           citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil
           embargo.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embargoes
       See {embargo}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embargo
       n : a government order imposing a trade barrier [syn: {trade
           embargo}, {trade stoppage}]
       v 1: ban the publication of (documents), as for security or
            copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
       2: prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Lybia"
       [also: {embargoes} (pl)]