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Noun
What tariffs mean for your wallet Tariffs – and their potential impact on shopper's budgets – are weighing heavily on consumers.—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 19 July 2025 What new Trump tariffs may mean for your wallet
President Donald Trump’s tariffs tanked markets and unleashed recession forecasts when the president unveiled sweeping levies little more than 100 days ago.—Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 July 2025
Verb
According to Trump's letters, autos would be tariffed separately at the standard 25% worldwide, while steel and aluminum imports would be taxed on 50%.—arkansasonline.com, 8 July 2025 According to Trump’s letters, autos would be tariffed separately at the standard 25% worldwide, while steel and aluminum imports would be taxed on 50%.—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tariff
: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
b
: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
2
: a document filed with the appropriate government agency that sets forth the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished by a business (as a carrier) or public utility
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