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  • 11embargo — ▪ 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… …

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  • 12embargo — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, strict, total ▪ partial ▪ mandatory ▪ crippling ▪ the crippling economi …

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  • 13Embargo Act — Lois sur l embargo Caricature contre l Embargo Act de 1807 Les lois sur l embargo (Embargo Act en anglais) sont une série de lois américaine adoptées par le congrès des États Unis en 1807 pour que les États Unis restent neutres dans les guerres… …

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  • 14embargo — 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… …

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  • 15embargo — /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. ♦… …

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  • 16embargo — /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… …

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  • 17embargo — 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… …

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  • 18place — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 particular position/area ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient, good, great, ideal, perfect ▪ horrible, terrible ▪ It …

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  • 19embargo — I. noun (plural goes) Etymology: Spanish, from embargar to bar, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare, from Latin in + Vulgar Latin *barra bar Date: 1593 1. an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2. a legal …

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  • 20embargo — n. & v. n. (pl. oes) 1 an order of a State forbidding foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports. 2 an official suspension of commerce or other activity (be under an embargo). 3 an impediment. v.tr. ( oes, oed) 1 place (ships, trade …

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