embargo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embargo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for embargo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embargo n a government order imposing a trade barrier [syn: embargo, trade embargo, trade stoppage] v ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications" prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embargo \Embar"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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embargo \Embar"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.