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tariff

[ UK /tˈæɹɪf/ ]
[ US /ˈtɛɹəf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a government tax on imports or exports
    they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
VERB
  1. charge a tariff
    tariff imported goods

How To Use tariff In A Sentence

  • Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times
  • The company refused to honour the verbal agreement and put him on a more expensive tariff. Times, Sunday Times
  • When I wrote, imprecisely, that domestic subsidies for agricultural commodities are equivalent to protective tariffs, I was groping at the notion that in both cases (1) domestic consumers/taxpayers pay a premium above the world price and (2) that foreign producers are discouraged from entering the domestic market. The Case for Free Trade, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Participants on pay-as-you-go tariffs received £50 worth of phone credit, which they topped up prior to the week of text-message questions.
  • On Jan. 23 a decree suspended import tariffs retroactively from Jan. 15 until the expected announcement of new tariffs on April 1.
  • Several years ago, when we removed taxes and tariffs on all antimalaria commodities, the cost of mosquito nets sold in local markets declined, local demand for nets increased, and more small businesses entered the market to produce and supply these essential commodities. Free Trade and the Fight Against Malaria
  • At the end, he argues that a good progressive conservative government could cut useless measures like corporate subsidies, farm subsidies, and needless tariffs.
  • He added the market would be happier to see US policy move away from interventionist moves, such as the tariffs announced this week.
  • Aides to the Chancellor also suggested his big offer may one day mean compensation for companies who export to Europe if trade tariffs are imposed. The Sun
  • You were convicted by a jury in 1984 of murder of your common-law wife and sentenced to life imprisonment, with the tariff set at 12 years.
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