Nonimportation

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  • n. A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A refraining from importing, or a failure to import.
    • Word Usage
    "With relations between Britain and her colonists deteriorating over the previous decade, Washington joins radicals in Virginia House of Burgesses adopting a nonimportation agreement"
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