Definitions for: Prohibitory

[adj] tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*hib"it*o*ry, a. [L. prohibitorius.]
Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying
prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory
price.

Prohibitory index. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index.

Synonyms: preventative, preventive, prohibitive