tariff
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈtærɪf/
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- After the country implemented a higher tariff, the amount of imported electronics decreased significantly.
- import tariffs
- high tariffs
- protective tariffs
Replacing income taxes with tariffs just couldn't work.
- Replacing income taxes with tariffs just couldn't work.
- The right response is to punish China through tariffs for their bad behavior.
- That's before any import tariffs or restrictions are included.
- And they would say, you know, these tariffs, they're probably not here to stay.
- Overall, the United States was a huge exporter, and these tariffs made no sense whatsoever.
- The government's double digit taxes, otherwise called tariffs, clearly hobble that right.
- And yesterday Trump announced the tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
- They sent how many plane loads to get phones to avoid the tariffs that Trump is imposing.
- So in his case, it's tariffs and tariffs will add to the price of things that we buy.
- So the threats of tariffs, the negotiations, the deal itself were all fake.
- So you take the case of Trump's tariffs, in particular the automobile tariff.
- How will tariff wars impact airline tickets?
- That's the sort of thing you say if you don't know what a tariff is or what love is.
- Trump will put the tariff on against the Guatemalan goods.
Examples
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That's before any import tariffs or restrictions are included.
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In fact, the process started in 1965 when they began their first significant tariff reductions.
Academic text (1991) -
The United States Tariff Commission was established for that purpose in September.
Academic text (2013) -
How will tariff wars impact airline tickets?
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Their ability to pay the demanded tariff would seem to be the only necessary requirement.
Fiction book (1992) -
And yesterday Trump announced the tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
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The World Trade Organisation has driven down most of the tariffs.
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Today, China's WTO tariff structure is bound by an average rate of ten percent.
Academic text (2008) -
Supply management strategies have included conservation practices, tariffs to promote water conservation, and large public education campaigns.
Academic text (2008) -
The government announced a new tariff on imported steel to protect local industries.
Synonyms
131
7.8
Money a government charges on goods brought into a country
71
3.0
A tax you pay on goods brought into or sent out of a country
1
3.5
A tax the government charges on goods brought into or sent out of a country
1
4.1
A tax the government charges on goods brought into a country
1
9.6
A tax on goods brought into a country
1
2.8
A tax the government charges on goods brought into or taken out of a country
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
2
7.7
A tax on imports that a government adds in reply to another country's trade barriers
- Specialized
1
6.6
A tax on goods from other countries that makes them more expensive to help local businesses
- Specialized
A tax on goods brought into a country mainly to raise government money
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Tariff comes from the Italian tariffa and French tarif, and before that from the Arabic ta'rīf meaning 'to make known' or 'a notice'. It first meant a list of prices or charges—like a posted 'price list'—so today a tariff is a government 'tax' or 'duty' on imported goods.