prohibitory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite tending to discourage (especially of prices)
    prohibitive.
    • the price was prohibitive

WordNet

Pro*hib"it*o*ry adjective
Etymology
L. prohibitorius.
Definitions
  1. Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price. in the latter sense (price or cost) usu. prohibitive.

Webster 1913