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tariff
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noun (n)
- A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).(noun)source: webster1913
- A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a revenue tariff, or tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of retaliatory tariff.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- charge a tariff(verb.possession)Example:
Tariff imported goods.
source: wordnet30 - To make a list of duties on, as goods.(verb)source: webster1913
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