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    embargo - Dictionary definition and meaning for word embargo

    Definition
    (noun) a government order imposing a trade barrier Definition
    (verb) ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
    Example Sentence
    • embargoed publications
    Definition
    (verb) prevent commerce
    Example Sentence
    • The U.S. embargoes Libya
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for embargo

embargo = ban + cargo

end+bar( a way of earning money , a kind of business)+go--imagine if the government Bans(end) people from Going to the Bar's, it is IN TURN stopping the business activity.

they bar a business activity from going, we call it embargo

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