What is another word for tariff?

Pronunciation: [tˈaɹɪf] (IPA)

The term "tariff" refers to a tax or duty that is imposed on goods that are imported or exported to another country. It is also known as a customs duty or import tax. There are several synonyms for the word "tariff," such as levy, excise, toll, duty, and customs. These terms are commonly used to describe taxes that are imposed on goods that cross international borders. The purpose of a tariff is to protect domestic industries and generate revenue for the government. The use of tariffs has been a contentious issue in global trade, with some advocating for their abolition, while others argue that they are necessary for ensuring fair and balanced trade between nations.

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    • possession
      tax.

Usage examples for Tariff

Here there is a custom-house examination of baggage; for although Norway and Sweden are under one crown, yet they have a separate tariff, so that custom-house rules are regularly enforced between them.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
A gentleman from New York, who came to Congress with an established reputation as a public man, arose to address the House on the necessity of a more liberal and reciprocal trade-treaty and tariff, with the Dominion of Canada.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Thus it is manifest that for many years to come, and possibly forever, with a slowly-diminishing power, the Atlantic will have the control on all subjects of tariff, of finance, of currency and of immigration; subjects in which the Pacific Coast is deeply interested, and upon some of which there is not only an actual, but growing conflict of interests and convictions.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs

Famous quotes with Tariff

  • In 1833, protection was abandoned, and a tariff was established by which it was provided that we should, in a few years, have a system of merely revenue duties.
    Henry Charles Carey
  • I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.
    Ezra Cornell
  • The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them.
    W. Averell Harriman
  • The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.
    Alan Keyes
  • I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
    William McKinley

Related words: trade barrier, trade war, tariff law, tariff plan, tariff system, tariff rates, best tariff

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