to lift an embargo

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• embargo — ▪ I. embargo em‧bar‧go 1 [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ ǁ ˈbɑːrgoʊ] noun embargoes PLURALFORM [countable] 1. ECONOMICS an official order stopping trade with a country. Governments and organizations put embargoes on countries with which they have a political… …   Financial and business terms

• embargo — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, strict, total ▪ partial ▪ mandatory ▪ crippling ▪ the crippling economi …   Collocations dictionary

• embargo — em|bar|go1 [ımˈba:gəu US ˈba:rgou] n plural embargoes [Date: 1500 1600; : Spanish; Origin: embargar to stop, prevent, seize ] an official order to stop trade with another country = ↑boycott, sanctions ↑sanctions embargo on/against ▪ an embargo on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• embargo — I UK [ɪmˈbɑː(r)ɡəʊ] / US [ɪmˈbɑrɡoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms embargo : singular embargo plural embargoes 1) a government order preventing trade with another country an arms/oil/trade embargo put/place/impose/lift an embargo on something: The… …   English dictionary

• embargo — em|bar|go1 [ ım bargou ] (plural em|bar|goes) noun count 1. ) a government order preventing trade with another country: an arms/oil/trade embargo put/place/impose/lift an embargo on something: The Senate voted to lift the economic embargo on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lift — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lyft Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish heavens, sky II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse lypta; akin to Old English lyft air more at loft Date: 14th century …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• embargo — /ɪm bɑ:gəυ/ noun 1. a government order which stops a type of trade ♦ to lay or put an embargo on trade with a country to say that trade with a country must not take place ● The government has put an embargo on the export of computer equipment. ♦… …   Marketing dictionary in english

• embargo — /ɪm bɑ:gəυ/ noun a government order which stops a type of trade, such as exports to or other commercial activity with another country ♦ to lay or put an embargo on trade with a country to say that trade with a country must not take place ● The… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• embargo — [[t]ɪmbɑ͟ː(r)goʊ[/t]] embargoes, embargoing, embargoed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country. The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the… …   English dictionary

• Lift and strike (Bosnia) — Lift and strike was the name of a proposal made by the administration of United States President Bill Clinton in 1993, which sought to improve the chances of a political settlement in the Bosnian War. The proposal would have involved lifting the… …   Wikipedia

• embargo — n. 1) to impose an embargo 2) to place, put an embargo on 3) to lift, remove an embargo from 4) a trade embargo 5) an embargo against, on 6) under embargo * * * [ɪm bɑːgəʊ] on put anon remove an embargo from a …   Combinatory dictionary