what's a sanction?

Question

I've been hearing that word a lot in the news:
U.S. hopes for vote on N.Korea sanctions

Answer 1

Sanctions involving countries:

International sanctions, punitive measures adopted by a country or group of countries against another nation for political reasons
Diplomatic sanctions, the reduction or removal of diplomatic ties, such as embassies
Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors such as armaments, or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine)
Military sanctions, military intervention
Trade sanctions, economic sanctions applied for non-political reasons, typically as part of a trade dispute, or for purely economic reasons, and typically involving tariffs or similar measures, rather than bans.
Other meanings:

In a legal context, sanctions are penalties imposed by the courts.
In a sociology context, sanction may refer to social control.
Sanction, a fictional city situated in Dragonlance settings

Answer 2

permision to do ??? A sanction shows support

Sanctions is the plural of sanction. (Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym.)

Answer 3

a sanction is basically a punishment. If they implement trade sanctions they will be limits on who, where and how much north Korea can trade with nation sin the UN.

Answer 4

sanctions are when countries hold their goods and disallow travel of their citizens to that country kind of like an embargo this does nto apply to aid for citizens of the sanctioned country

Answer 5

That is when trade is limited or stopped, international help is limited or stopped, mostly it hurts the people of the country, not the ruling elite.

1. official permission or approval
2. formal and explicit approval
3. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
4. the act of final authorization

Answer 6

like a punishment when you where a kid about not allowed to play with so and so