embargo

noun

1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
2. A ban on trade with another country.

   “Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.”

3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

   “This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.”

4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.

   “They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...”

verb

1. (transitive)To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
2. (transitive)To impose an embargo on a document.

   “Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament”

name

1. A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.