embargo
noun
- prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country or group of countries
- period during which access to academic journals is not allowed to users who have not paid for access
verb
- block trade to
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/ / /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
name
- A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
noun
Etymology: From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
- 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
Etymology: From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
- 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”