Adjective:

अति ऊँचे, मना करनेवाला, निवारक, निषपधार्थक, रोक का, निषेधात्मक,

prohibitive's Usage Examples:

At the end of 1889 Crispi abolished the differential duties against French imports and returned to the general Italian tariff, but France declined to follow his lead and maintained her prohibitive dues.

The decline both in imports and in exports of articles of food, which is the most noteworthy fact exhibited in the preceding table, was due to the almost prohibitive tax in the Customs Law of 1892, upon agricultural products.

ordinary gas, thereby enriching it, but as the supply became limited and the price prohibitive, other methods were from time to time advocated to replace its use in the enrichment of illuminating gas.

However, the cost of these devices is often prohibitive to patients.

For greater depths the cost was usually prohibitive.

I feel that I could succeed in making out a stronger case for the prohibitive nations of Europe to compel them to adopt a freer system than I had here to overturn our protection policy."

Important monopolies in the 18th maritime- century, and prohibitive import duties, as well as large tares and money bounties, in the 19th, contributed towards the pe t t y - In accumulation of immense private fortunes, but manu- pastries.

In other parts the industry is subjected to an almost prohibitive exciseduty.

Confiscations and settlements, prohibitive laws (such as those which ruined the woollen industry), penal enactments against the Roman Catholics, absenteeism, the creation for political purposes of 40s.

In 1822 the prohibitive point was lowered to 70s.

Synonyms:

preventative, prohibitory, preventive,

Antonyms:

lenient, unhealthful, unprotective, permissive,