boycott : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boycott	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for boycott
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boycott n a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies v refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with [ant: {buy at}, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boycott \Boy"cott`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boycotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boycotting}.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.] To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boycott \Boy"cott\, n. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.