embargo

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪmˈbɑrɡoʊ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/

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Noun

Singular embargo

Plural embargoes

1. An embargo is an official ban on trade with another country.
2. An embargo is a temporary ban on making certain information public.

Verb

Plain form embargo

Third-person singular embargoes

Past tense embargoed

Past participle embargoed

Present participle embargoing

1. (transitive) If a government embargoes, they impose a ban on trading with another country.
2. (transitive) If you embargo something, you impose an embargo on a document.