secondary boycott
11BOYCOTT, 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… …
12boycott — 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… …
13secondary — In English practice, an officer of the courts of king s bench and common pleas; so called because he was second or next to the chief officer. In the king s bench he was called Master of the King s Bench Office, and was a deputy of the… …
14boycott — ▪ I. boycott boy‧cott 1 [ˈbɔɪkɒt ǁ kɑːt] verb [transitive] to refuse to buy something, use something, or take part in something, as a way of protesting: • In the past, Mandela had called for people to boycott South African goods. • Palestinian… …
15boycott — n. 1) to impose a boycott 2) to lift a boycott 3) an economic, trade; secondary boycott 4) a boycott of, on (they imposed a boycott on all imports; they lifted their boycott of imports) * * * [ bɔɪkɒt] secondary boycott trade on (they imposed a… …
16Boycott — 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… …
17Boycott — 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… …
18boycott — /boykot/ Concerted refusal to do business with particular person or business in order to obtain concessions or to express displeasure with certain acts or practices of person or business. Barry v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 555 F.2d 3, 7. A …
19boycott — /boykot/ Concerted refusal to do business with particular person or business in order to obtain concessions or to express displeasure with certain acts or practices of person or business. Barry v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 555 F.2d 3, 7. A …
20boycott — A species of ostracism, a combination in refusing to have business dealings with another until he removes or ameliorates conditions deemed inimical to the members of the combination, or some of them, or grants concessions which are deemed to make …
