boycott

boycott
▪ 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 leaders threatened to boycott the talks.

  [m0] ▪ II. boycott boycott 2 noun [countable]
when people boycott something, or the period of time when it is boycotted:

• In 1937 the cocoa farmers imposed a boycott on European imports.

• He called for an end to the Arab economic boycott of Israel.

ˌsecondary ˈboycott
a situation in which workers refuse to deal with goods made or sold by a different company, because the workers at that company are on strike (= refusing to work) or have a serious disagreement with their management:

• The legislation applies to airlines and railroads, where secondary boycotts are still legal.

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boycott UK US /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ verb [T] COMMERCE, POLITICS
► to refuse to buy a product, do business with a company, or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: »

Motorists boycotted the company's gas stations and its share price crashed.

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Opposition parties boycotted the elections as unfair.

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boycott UK US /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ noun [C] COMMERCE, POLITICS
► the action of refusing to buy a product, do business with a company, or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: a boycott of sth »

Pressure groups urged a consumer boycott of clothing brands made using child labour.

 call for/demand/threaten a boycott »

He called for a boycott of the talks.

 join/support a boycott »

Unions asked shoppers to join the boycott.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • boycott — boy·cott / bȯi ˌkät/ vt: to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a store, business, or organization) usu. to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions see also primary boycott, secondary boycott ◇ A… …   Law dictionary

  • boycott — [ bɔjkɔt ] n. m. • 1888; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. Boycottage. Le boycott des Jeux olympiques par un pays. Boycott commercial, économique. ⇒ blocus, embargo. Des boycotts. ● boycott ou boycottage nom masculin (mot anglais boycott) Action de boycotter,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Boycott — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boycott — [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… …   English World dictionary

  • boycott — 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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • boycott — ► 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… …   English terms dictionary

  • Boycott — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Boycott — 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 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Boycott — Boycott, s. Boykottieren …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • boycott — → boicot …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • boycott — [v] ban; refrain from using avoid, bar, blackball*, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out*, ostracize, outlaw, pass by*, pass up*, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out*, snub, spurn, strike, withhold… …   New thesaurus

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