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Definitions: Embargo |
EmbargoNoun1. A government order imposing a trade barrier. Verb1. Prevent commerce: "The U.S. embargoes Lybia". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "embargo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Agriculture | A government-ordered prohibition or limitation on trade with another country. Under an embargo, all trade, or selected goods and services, may be restricted. The Food Security Act of 1985 states that U.S. policy is: (1) to foster and encourage agricultural exports, (2) not to restrict or limit such exports except under the most compelling circumstances, (3) that any prohibition or limitation on such exports should be imposed only when the President declares a national emergency under the Export Administration Act, and (4) that contracts to export agricultural commodities and products agreed upon before any prohibition or limitation should not be abrogated. Whenever commercial export sales of an agricultural commodity are suspended for reasons of short supply, but to a country with which the United States continues commercial trade, the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 requires USDA to set the commodity price support loan rate at 90% of the parity price. The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 contains contract sanctity provisions that place constraints on the embargo of agricultural commodities from the United States. The 1990 Act also: (1) provides for agricultural embargo protection that, if certain conditions are met, compensates producers with payments if the President suspends or restricts exports of a commodity for national security or foreign policy reasons, and (2) requires USDA to develop plans to alleviate the adverse effects of embargoes if imposed. The FAIR Act of 1996 requires USDA to compensate producers of a commodity, or commodities, if the U.S. government imposes an export embargo on any country for national security or foreign policy reasons, and if no other country joins the U.S. embargo within 90 days. Compensation may take the form of payments to producers or funds made available to promote agricultural exports or food aid. (references) |
Economics | A government prohibition of exports or imports with respect to specific products or specific foreign countries. (references) |
Shipping | Order to restrict the hauling of freight. (references) |
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Synonyms: EmbargoSynonyms: trade embargo (n), trade stoppage (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: embargoes (law, politics & international affaireslaw, languagebusiness). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prohibition | Noun: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction; (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law. |
Quiescence | Pause, lull; (cessation); stand still; standing still; Verb: lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo. |
Dwell; (be present); settle; (be located); alight; (arrive) stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand; n. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Embargo |
| English words defined with "embargo": Embargoed, Embargoes, Embargoing ♦ Imbargo, imposition, infliction ♦ trade embargo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "embargo": Contract sanctity ♦ Export Administration Act of 1979 ♦ to embargo. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Embargo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (embargo), Czech (embargo), French (ban, embargo), German (embargo), Italian (blockade, embargo, embargo on imports), Portuguese (attachment, caveat, detainer, detention, embargo, escheat, estoppel, injunction, lien, seizure), Romanian (embargo), Serbo-Croatian (embargo), Spanish (attachment, distress, embargo, seizure, sequestration), Swedish (embargo), Welsh (embargo). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Qué hombre tan sin embargo (1965) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Arms embargo.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Prior to the lifting of the U.S. Trade Embargo in 1995, American products had been sold in Vietnam through sales agents in Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. (references) | |
This is due in large part of the U.S. embargo, which was not lifted until 1994. As well, the lack of any significant ODA program from the U.S. to Vietnam has meant there have been virtually no aid-based infrastructure projects. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Comoros | In May following the February signing of the Framework Accord on National Reconciliation, the OAU lifted sanctions against Anjouan; the Azali Government previously had lifted the embargo in August 2000, following the signing of the Fomboni Declaration. (references) |
Economic History | Uganda | In 1978, Congress legislated an embargo of all U.S trade with Uganda. (references) |
Burundi | The trade embargo, lifted in 1999, negatively impacted trade and industry. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | The trial was scheduled to begin in February 2002. Murders of farm families in rural parts of the country continued to receive considerable media attention, but data on numbers of attacks have not been available since the SAPS declared an embargo on crime statistics in July 2000. There was widespread concern among white farmers that they were targeted for racial and political reasons; however, according to police and academic studies of farm attacks, the perpetrators reportedly were common criminals motivated by financial gain. (references) |
Political Economy | Armenia | The embargo also ties the hands of many U.S. businesses whose regional headquarters (which usually cover the Caucasus) are located in Turkey. (references) |
Trade | Vietnam | Following the lifting of the U.S. trade embargo in 1994, several U.S. banks established a presence in Vietnam. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | If the US wanted Saddam's oil, all we'd have to do is lift the embargo and let him sell all the oil he wants. |
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| "Embargo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Embargo" is used about 381 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 381 | 14,421 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "embargo": air embargo ♦ economic embargo ♦ impose an embargo ♦ lay an embargo on ♦ lift the economic embargo ♦ lift the embargo ♦ oil embargo ♦ place an embargo on ♦ put an embargo on smth. ♦ remove an embargo ♦ take off an embargo ♦ to embargo ♦ trade embargo. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "embargo": embargo-breaking, embargo-busting. | |
Ending with "embargo": anti-embargo, pre-embargo. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
embargo | 48 |
cuban embargo | 27 |
cuba embargo | 20 |
embargo act | 18 |
embargo oil | 13 |
atunero embargo | 10 |
embargo act 1807 | 6 |
embargo trade | 5 |
embargo oil opec | 5 |
country embargo | 5 |
atun de embargo | 3 |
embargo iraq | 2 |
embargo precautorio | 2 |
embargo trade us | 2 |
embargo es que | 2 |
embargo us | 2 |
embargo iran | 2 |
definition embargo | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "embargo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | embargo, vë embargo, ndalim (arrest, attachment, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), konfiskoj (confiscate, escheat, expropriate, impound, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حصار (blockade, siege), حظر (ban, bar, debar, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forewarn, kill, outlaw, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, suppress, taboo), خطر (adventurous, advise, awkward, challenge, come, critical, danger, dangerous, fear, give smb. notice, hazard, importance, jeopardy, parlous, peril, perilous, poisonous, prohibition, proscription, risk, risky, unhealthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | секвестирам (sequester, sequestrate), слагам под забрана, възбрана (interdict), ембарго. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 禁运 (Embargoed, Embargoes, Embargoing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | embargo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | importforbud (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), fuldstændig embargo for handel (complete embargo on trade), forbud vedroerende indfoersel (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), forbud ved indførsel (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), beslaglaegge skib (to arrest, to embargo, to seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | volledig embargo op het handelsverkeer (complete embargo on trade), verboden van invoer (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), verbod bij invoer (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), invoerverbod (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), in beslag nemen (absorb, confiscate, fill, occupy, seizing, take, take up, to arrest, to embargo, to seize), beslag leggen op (confiscate, lay a distress upon, seize, to arrest, to embargo, to seize), aan de ketting leggen (to arrest, to embargo, to seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ممنوعیت (Interdict), محظور (Hitch, Impediment, Obligation, Obstacle), مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), تحریم (Boycott, Interdict, Prohibition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uutissulku (news embargo), tuontikielto (ban on import, import embargo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | embargo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | embargo verhängen, embargo, sperre (ban, barrage, barrier, barring, blackout, blockade, boom, brake, check dam, detent, elimination, fence, gate, gate-structure dam, interlock, latch, latching, lock, lock out, locking, locking device, lockout, lock-out, mental block, mute, obstacle, protection, roadblock, terminator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απαγόρευση (ban, inhibition, prohibition, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אמבר'ו, חרם (anathema, ban, excommunication, taboo), אסור (ban, banned, barred, forbidden, illicit, imprisoned, injunction, prohibited, proscription, taboo), "ס'ר (blockade, closing, isolation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | embargó, lefoglalás (arrest, confiscation, extent, impoundment, levy, poundage, prize, seizure), kiviteli tilalom, hajózási tilalom, hajózár, elkobzás (confiscation, forfeiture, interception, poundage, seizure, sequestration), behozatali tilalom (ban on imports). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | melarang (ban, forbid, interdict, prohibit), larangan (debarment, interdiction, prohibition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | embargo (blockade, embargo on imports). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 経済封鎖 (economic blockade), 禁輸 , 禁令 (ban, prohibition), 禁制 (ban, prohibition), 出港停止 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅっ"うていし, き"せい (balance, balanceof power, ban, humbly made, made of gold, prohibition, recent times, symmetry, uniformity, Venus), き"れい (ban, prohibition), き"ゆ, けいざいふうさ (economic blockade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 거래금지 (Embargoes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiettalys (check, clogging, constriction, counteraction, discouragement, hindrance, hitch, impedance, inhibition, interception, let, obstruction, prevention, restraint, restriction, stay, stoppage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embargoay embargo (appeal, attachment, caveat, detainer, detention, escheat, estoppel, injunction, lien, objection to a default judgement, seizure), embargar (arrest, attach, hold, lewd), seqüestro (sequestration, sequestrum), requisitar (requisition, seize, solicit), impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, deterrent, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preclusion, preventer, prevention, preventive, stop, stoppage, trammels), confiscar (condemn, confiscate, convert, eschew, forfeit, have the car impounded, seize, sequester, sequestrate), acabrunhado (depressed, sad, woebegone). (various references) exercita un embargo asupra cuiva, embargo, piedicã (balk, bar, brake, check, clog, cumber, delay, difficulty, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, hitch, hold back, impediment, interference, jog, lock, marplot, objection, obstacle, obstruction, pull back, sear, set back, sprag, stay, stop, stopper, stopple, stumbling-bloc, trammel, traverse, trigger). (various references) эмбарго. (various references) embargo, uvesti embargo. (various references) embargo (attachment, distress, release, seizure, sequestration). (various references) beslag (appropriation, confiscation, escutcheon, fittings, fogging, ironwork, mountings, seizure, shoe, staining, tarnishing, weathering). (various references) สั่งห้าม (เรือ) เข้าออกท่าเรือ. (various references) el koymak (appropriate, arrest, attach, capture, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, hold, impound, impress, levy, requisition, seise, seize, sequester, sequestrate, take the action, usurp, vest), yasaklamak (ban, bar, call off, clamp the lid on smth., debar, enjoin, forbid, imprison, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, put a ban on, put one's foot down, put the lid on smth., put under a ban, put under a taboo, taboo, tabu), yasaklama (interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription), ticareti kısıtlama, ambargo koymak, ambargo. (various references) реквізувати (commandeer, confiscate, press, requisition), конфіскувати (condemn, confiscate, expropriate, seize, sequestrate), накладати ембарго (impose an embargo), заборона (ban, debarment, disallowance, inhibition, interdict, nay, negative, objection, prohibition, stop, stopping, suppression), ембарго (non-importation). (various references) embargo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "embargo": embargoed, embargoes, embargoing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "embargo": preembargo. (additional references) | |
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"Embargo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ambarro, Aynburg, Cenargo, embago, embarco, embargoe, Emberg, embourg, Embra, Enberg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "embargo" (pronounced embÄ"rgō) |
| 4 | -Ä" r g ō | Largo. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-m-o-r" | |
-1 letter: borage, bregma. | |
-2 letters: amber, barge, bream, brome, embar, gambe, gamer, marge, morae, omber, ombre, omega, regma. | |
-3 letters: aero, ager, ambo, bare, barm, beam, bear, bema, berg, berm, boar, bora, bore, brae, brag, ergo, gamb, game, garb, gear, germ, goer, gore, grab, gram, mabe, mage, mare, mora, more, ogam, ogre, omer, rage, ream, roam, robe. | |
-4 letters: abo, age, ago, arb, are, arm, bag, bam, bar, beg, boa, bog, bra, bro, ear, ego, era, erg, gab, gae, gam, gar, gem, goa, gob, gor, mae, mag, mar, meg, moa, mob, mog, mor, oar, obe, ora, orb, ore, rag, ram, reb, reg, rem, rob, roe, rom. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ag, am, ar, ba, be, bo, em, er, go, ma, me, mo, oe, om, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: beglamor, bergamot. | |
+2 letters: beglamors, beglamour, bergamots, boogerman, boomerang, embargoed, embargoes. | |
+3 letters: beglamored, beglamours, boomerangs, bromegrass, embargoing, phlebogram, preembargo, seaborgium, umbrageous. | |
+4 letters: beclamoring, beglamoring, beglamoured, boomeranged, burgomaster, cabbageworm, phlebograms, seaborgiums. | |
+5 letters: beglamouring, boomeranging, bromegrasses, burgomasters, cabbageworms, programmable, umbrageously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 62 61 72 67 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100010 01100001 01110010 01100111 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m b a r g o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0062 0061 0072 0067 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39796867847381 |
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