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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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    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.

  6. If you boycott a country, a organization, or an activity, you refuse to be involved with it, because you disapprove of it. The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. American English : boycott / ˈbɔɪkɒt /

  7. 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. This noun comes from the name of Charles C. Boycott, an English land agent in 19th-century Ireland who refused to reduce rents for his tenant farmers.

  8. 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.

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