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tariff
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[ noun ] (government) a government tax on imports or exports
Synonyms Examples "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)This trade was subject to a tariff of 7.5 per_cent after February 1835 , but much was smuggled into Assiniboia with the result that the duty was reduced by 1841 to 4 per_cent on the initiative of the London committee . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)Where this approach becomes critical , the industry can be expected to put much emphasis on this as evidence of its sincerity in `` resisting '' the wage pressures of a powerful union , requesting tariff relief after it has `` reluctantly '' acceded to the union pressure . |
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