Definitions
Tax or duty charged on imported or exported goods.
Word origin
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.
Used in a sentence
“For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.”
“Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.”
“It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Import tax”6 letters
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