prohibitive Hear it!

prohibitive definition

pro·hibi·tive (prō hib′ə tiv, prə-)

adjective

  1. prohibiting or tending to prohibit something
  2. such as to prevent purchase, use, etc. prohibitive prices

Etymology: Fr prohibitif < LL prohibitivus

Also prohibitory pro·hib′i·to′ry (-tôr′ē)

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.