nonimportation

American  

[non-im-pawr-tey-shuhn, -pohr-] / ˌnɒn ɪm pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, -poʊr- /

noun

1. failure or refusal to import.

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Etymology

Origin of nonimportation

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; non- + importation

Example Sentences

In 1774, the Continental Congress of rebelling American states adopted a temporary general nonimportation policy against Britain and its possessions, effectively halting the slave trade, although the policy lapsed under the Confederation Congress in the wake of the Revolutionary War.

From New York Times

I did not understand the nonimportation compacts which my countrymen in their anger had raised against English products.

From Literature

Some had fled the city; others, remaining, were sunk in an uncharacteristic despair, their trade irreparably harmed first by their investment in interdicted Indian lands, second by their participation in nonimportation agreements, and thirdly, by the punitive closing of the Harbor by Parliamentary decree.

From Literature

This Baltimore scare advertising may well have been heeded by Boyd's customers, for trade with the mother country had been interrupted before; in the wake of the Townshend Acts in 1767, when Parliament had placed import duties on various products, including tea, American merchants in various cities had entered into nonimportation agreements.

From Project Gutenberg

Since nonimportation agreements by colonial merchants were imminent, which bade fair to make goods hard to get, customers would be wise to make their purchases before the supply became exhausted.

From Project Gutenberg