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• Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — (BDS) refers to an international economic campaign against Israel. The campaign was initiated by the July 9, 2005, call of 171 Palestinian non governmental organizations ... for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies… …   Wikipedia

• BOYCOTT, ANTI-JEWISH — BOYCOTT, ANTI JEWISH, organized activity directed against the Jews to exclude them from social, economic, and political life. Anti Jewish boycott pressure has accompanied antisemitism as one of its more dangerous and frequent manifestations.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• boycott — ► VERB ▪ refuse to have commercial or social dealings with (a person, organization, or country) as a punishment or protest. ► NOUN ▪ an act of boycotting. ORIGIN from Captain Charles C. Boycott, an Irish land agent so treated in 1880 in an… …   English terms dictionary

• BOYCOTT, ARAB — The Arab boycott against Israel is the longest functioning example of economic sanctions against a state. It both constituted a supplement to military force against Zionism and was a means of hampering Israel s economic development. The boycott… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Boycott — A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some other organization as an expression of protest.EtymologyThe word boycott entered the English language during… …   Wikipedia

• boycott — 01. Many people have decided to [boycott] that store because their clothes are made in factories where the workers are treated really badly. 02. The [boycott] was called to protest against the company s unfair labor policies. 03. The election was …   Grammatical examples in English

• boycott — boycotter, n. /boy kot/, v.t. 1. to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store. 2. to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products. n. 3. the practice of… …   Universalium

• Boycott —    A boycott is a refusal to do business or have other contaets with a person, a corporation, or a country. The word boycott, with a small b, surfaced in 1880 when Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832 1897), an English land agent for the… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• boycott — [[t]bɔ͟ɪkɒt[/t]] boycotts, boycotting, boycotted VERB If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it. [V n] The main opposition parties are …   English dictionary

• Boycott (film) — Infobox Film name = Boycott image size = caption = director = Mohsen Makhmalbaf producer = writer = narrator = starring = Majid Majidi music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1985 runtime = 114 min. / 85 min. (USA) country =… …   Wikipedia

• boycott — / bɔɪkɒt/ noun a refusal to buy or to deal in certain products ● The union organised a boycott against or of imported cars. ■ verb to refuse to buy or deal in a product ● We are boycotting all imports from that country. ♦ the management has… …   Marketing dictionary in english