USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does “boycott” mean?
A
to refuse to buy goods or services from someone
B
to pay taxes
C
to sell things to other coutries
D
to feel everything is good
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -: to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting. plans to boycott American products. They boycotted the city’s bus system. The country’s leaders boycotted [=did not attend] the event in protest.

Detailed explanation-3: -verb. 1. ( transitive) to refuse to have dealings with (a person, organization, etc) or refuse to buy (a product) as a protest or means of coercion. to boycott foreign produce.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meaning of consumer boycott in English an occasion when customers stop buying a particular product or stop buying from a particular company as a way of expressing strong disapproval: The threat of a possible consumer boycott of diamonds has persuaded the industry that it has to tackle the problem of human rights abuse.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is a boycott? Quite simply, a boycott is an effort to convince a large number of consumers not to do business with a particular person or business. Occasionally, a boycott of a country may occur, when another country refuses to engage in trade.

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