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11Boycott sportif d'Afrique du Sud — Boycott sportif de l Afrique du Sud Opposition internationale à l apartheid Campagnes Boycott académique · Boycott sportif Désinvestissement ·Constructive engagement …
12Boycott, Buckinghamshire — Boycott is a hamlet in the parish of Stowe in north Buckinghamshire, England.Boycott was originally an Anglo Saxon settlement. Its name came from Anglo Saxon Boiacot = either Boia s Cottage or the cottage of the boys or servants . The Marquis of… …
13Boycott olympics — may refer to: * African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics * American led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics * Russian led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics …
14Boycott — Boy cott , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boycotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boycotting}.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.] To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or… …
15boycott — [boi′kät΄] vt. [after Capt. C. C. Boycott, land agent ostracized by his neighbors during the Land League agitation in Ireland in 1880] 1. to join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc. 2. to refuse to buy, sell, or use… …
16Boycott Batelco — is a movement on the islands of Bahrain against the monopolistic telephone company Batelco that has used its status as a monopoly to limit internet bandwidth access to its customers by force.Fact|date=March 2007ee also*Batelco *BahrainExternal… …
17boycott — 1880, noun and verb, from Irish Land League ostracism of Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832 1897), land agent of Lough Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers. Quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far afield as …
18boycott — ► 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… …
19Boycott — Boy cott, n. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion. [1913 Webster] …
20Boycott — Boycott, Name eines engl. Kapitäns (gest. im Juni 1897 zu Flexton in Suffolk), der die Güter des Grafen Erne in der irischen Grafschaft Mayo verwaltete und sich durch seine Strenge gegen die Pachter so verhaßt machte, daß das Volk ihn förmlich in …
