boycott

Definition of boycott in English English dictionary: To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest; The act of boycotting; to place the products or merchandise of under a ban; The practice of urging union members and the public at large not to buy a particular company's products or services; An organized refusal to buy, sell, or associate with a person, business, or nation Designed to force policy changes through economic and social pressure For example, a group organized together can refuse to buy the products of a certain company hoping to bring about a change in its unfair treatment of its workers; to avoid purchasing goods from a company or country; an agreement between two or more parties to not do business with a third party A boycott usually takes the form of a union and its members applying pressure on an employer to change some business practice; To abstain from using, buying, or dealing with a person, firm, or country to express protest or to coerce; n act or instance of refusing to buy, sell, or use; a condition that a group of people refuse to buy certain goods or services to influence a government or a business to make change; {i} ban, embargo, refusal to purchase or use a product; a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with; An unfair trade practice which occurs when someone in the insurance business refuses to have business dealings with another until he or she complies with certain conditions or concessions (G); an attempt to keep people from purchasing the products of a company; a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion; – concerted action of employees an their union to refrain from working with the establishment; Another practice defined as "unfair" under most states' codes Such a practice which occurs when someone in the insurance business refuses to do business with someone else until that person complies with certain conditions or concessions; If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it. The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. Boycott is also a noun. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote. to refuse to buy something, use something, or take part in something as a way of protesting (Charles Boycott (1832-97), English official in Ireland who refused to reduce rents, so the local people refused to do any business with him). an act of boycotting something, or the period of time when it is boycotted. Collective and organized ostracism applied in labour, economic, political, or social relations to protest and punish practices considered unfair. The tactic was popularized by Charles Stewart Parnell to protest high rents and land evictions in Ireland in 1880 by the estate manager Charles C. Boycott (b. 1832 d. 1897). Boycotts are principally used by labour organizations to win improved wages and working conditions or by consumers to pressure companies to change their hiring, labour, environmental, or investment practices. U.S. law distinguishes between primary boycotts, which consist of the refusal by employees to purchase the goods or services of their employers, and secondary boycotts, which involve attempts to induce third parties to refuse to patronize the employer. The latter type of boycott is illegal in most states. Boycotts were used as a tactic in the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s and also have been applied to influence the conduct of multinational corporations; - concerted action of employees an their union to refrain from working with the establishment; To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation as an expression of protest; A voluntary refusal to purchase or sell goods; A tactic of labour unions in disputes with management in which members refuse to buy the products of the company and encourage other consumers to do the same; The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc; Social, economic, or political noncooperation; An organized effort to refrain from buying goods and services or by preventing the sales of goods and services This is done by not supporting a business, denying loyal customers access or preventing customers from having access to goods and services; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with; Another practice defined as "unfair" under most statesÃ codes Such a practice which occurs when someone in the insurance business refuses to do business with someone else until that person complies with certain conditions or concessions; Call A square indicates that a boycott of the brand name featured in the report has been called somewhere in the world or a boycott of the entire company group has been called A half square indicates that a boycott of one of the parent company's subsidiaries or brands has been called somewhere in the world; refusing to deal with a person, group, nation, or group of nations so as to punish or show disapproval; {f} ban, place an embargo upon, refuse to purchase or use a product, engage in a refusal to have dealings with an organization or a person to display disapproval; To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott; A refusal to deal commercially with a person, firm, or country; Refusal by union members and supporters to buy a product or service; A refusal to deal with an employer, involving refusals to purchase products, refusals to work or both; Absolute restriction against the purchase and importation of certain goods from other countries; To refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting
boycott something in protest over: refusing to deal with someone or to buy something in order to punish them and coerce them to change their ways
boycott was imposed on: a ban was placed against -, sanctions were placed against -
Arab boycott: economic boycott of the Arab nations on the Israeli industry
boycotted: past of boycott
boycotting: present participle of boycott
boycotts: third-person singular of boycott
boycotts: plural of , boycott
economic boycott: ban on commerce, embargo

boycott

Hyphenation

boy·cott

Turkish pronunciation

boykät

Synonyms

blackball, blacklist, embargo, withhold patronage, avoid, bar, brush off, cut off, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up

Antonyms

buy, encourage, support, use

Pronunciation

/ˈboiˌkät/ /ˈbɔɪˌkɑːt/

Etymology

[ 'boi-"kät ] (transitive verb.) 1880. From Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.