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ban
a decree that prohibits something
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noun
a decree that prohibits something
noun
an official prohibition or edict against something
noun
100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
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100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
noun
a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
“{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': "The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century."}”
verb
prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
“Smoking is banned in this building”
verb
forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
verb
expel from a community or group
verb
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
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{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': "The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century."}
Smoking is banned in this building
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