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bar·rier (bar′ē ər, ber′-)
noun
- Obsolete a fortress, stockade, etc. for defending an entrance or gate
- a thing that prevents passage or approach; obstruction, as a fence, wall, etc.
- anything that holds apart, separates, or hinders racial barriers, barriers to progress
- a customs gate on a country's border
- ice shelf
- a high fence of stakes enclosing the area in which a tournament of knights was held; lists
- Horse Racing the movable gate used to keep the horses in line at the starting point
Etymology: ME barrere < OFr barriere < barre, bar
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Converse of object
- overcome: To help overcome these barriers TP Herts applied for an Innovation into Action Grant, which was awarded in June 2003.
Adjective modifier
- non-tariff: Indeed, studies reveal no systematic relationship between a country's average level of tariff and non-tariff barriers and its subsequent economic growth rate.
Noun used with modifier
- tariff: That trend to world markets is irreversible unless the major economic powers set up trade and tariff barriers.
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