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The meaning of BOYCOTT is to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions.
A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.
Jun 30, 2022 · A quarter of Americans are boycotting a product or company they had spent money on in the past, according to a recent survey from online loan marketplace LendingTree.
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boycott. noun [ C ] COMMERCE, POLITICS uk / ˈbɔɪkɒt / us. 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.
Boycott definition: to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion. See examples of BOYCOTT used in a sentence.
boycott, collective and organized ostracism applied in labour, economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair. The boycott was popularized by Charles Stewart Parnell during the Irish land agitation of 1880 to protest high rents and land evictions.
To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself.
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