ban
/bæn/ noun [C]Definition
› an official order that prevents someone doing something, or something from happening: ban on sth The police are enforcing the state's ban on the sale of fireworks.impose/enforce/lift a ban They have now lifted the ban on the export of live animals to Europe.
(Definition of ban noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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