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Definition of EMBARGO

Embargo
Embargo Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Meaning of EMBARGO from wikipedia

- Economic sanctions or embargoes are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals. Economic...
- Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973...
- The Embargo is a historical poem written by the American poet William Cullen Bryant in 1808. Bryant was a critic of Jeffersonian political philosophy...
- The United States embargo against Cuba has prevented U.S. businesses from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1958. Modern diplomatic...
- An arms embargo is a restriction or a set of sanctions that applies either solely to weaponry or also to "dual-use technology." An arms embargo may serve...
- An oil embargo is an economic situation wherein entities engage in an embargo to limit the transport of petroleum to or from an area, in order to exact...
- The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress. As a successor or replacement...
- In journalism and public relations, a news embargo or press embargo is a request or requirement by a source that the information or news provided by that...
- countries have called for an arms embargo on Israel. In their letter, the politicians stated that "an arms embargo has moved beyond a moral necessity...
- embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country. Embargo may also refer to: Arms embargo, an embargo that...