Ban Bæn Smoking Public Noun Bre Total Office

• there is to be a total ban on smoking in the office.
• to impose/lift a ban
• the ban on exports has now been eased.
• the ban only covers tropical hardwood.

ban

1. an official rule that says that something is not allowed
• There is to be a total ban on smoking in the office.
• to impose/lift a ban

Extra Examples

• The ban on exports has now been eased.
• The ban only covers tropical hardwood.
• The ban will affect all public and work premises.
• The students took to the streets, defying a ban on political gatherings.
• They have imposed a ban on the import of seal skins.
• a ban on smoking in public places
• a ban on traffic in the town centre
• a blanket advertising ban on tobacco
• a nuclear test ban treaty
• He faces a possible life ban from international football.
• Hopes are growing for a lifting of the import ban.
• She was given a five-year driving ban.
• The EU has imposed a blanket ban on tobacco advertising.
• The sprinter received a lengthy ban for failing a drugs test.

Word Origin

• Old English bannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’.