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• boycott — boy·cott / bȯi ˌkät/ vt: to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a store, business, or organization) usu. to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions see also primary boycott, secondary boycott ◇ A… …   Law dictionary

• Boycott d'Israël — Le boycott d Israël est une action d opposition à l État d Israël et une initiative populaire qui consiste à ne pas participer à l économie ou à la culture soutenant ce dernier. Il est né contre le sionisme avant la création d Israël,… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Boycott — A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some other organization as an expression of protest.EtymologyThe word boycott entered the English language during… …   Wikipedia

• boycott — boycotter, n. /boy kot/, v.t. 1. to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store. 2. to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products. n. 3. the practice of… …   Universalium

• boycott — /boykot/ Concerted refusal to do business with particular person or business in order to obtain concessions or to express displeasure with certain acts or practices of person or business. Barry v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 555 F.2d 3, 7. A …   Black's law dictionary

• boycott — /boykot/ Concerted refusal to do business with particular person or business in order to obtain concessions or to express displeasure with certain acts or practices of person or business. Barry v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 555 F.2d 3, 7. A …   Black's law dictionary

• Cottage cheese boycott — The Israeli Cottage cheese boycott or the Cottage cheese protest (Hebrew: מחאת הקוטג or חרם הקוטג ‎) is an Israeli consumer boycott which began in June 2011 as a protest group on Facebook, aimed at protesting against the continuing rise in food… …   Wikipedia

• Secondary boycott — A secondary boycott is an attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a particular firm because that firm does business with another firm that is the subject of a strike and/or a primary boycott.BackgroundThis type of action… …   Wikipedia

• National Consumers League — (abbr NCL) a US organization, established in 1899, which influences the government to pass laws to protect people who buy goods or use services. It is private and does not make a profit. It also informs consumers of their rights, has a National… …   Universalium

• primary boycott — n: an organized effort of a labor union and its members to discourage consumers from buying the products of a particular employer compare secondary boycott Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Organic Consumers Association — The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group based in Finland, Minnesota. It was formed in 1998 in the wake of the mass backlash by organic consumers against the U.S. Department of… …   Wikipedia