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Noun
And even though retaliatory tariffs have been lifted, some Canadian provinces have left their American alcohol bans in place.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025 Flying between Helsinki, Prague, Milan, and Geneva to meet with clients, Nathan Sheets, Citigroup’s top economist, has a bird’s-eye view of how tariffs are reshaping the global economy.—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Related Stories Will they be tariffed?—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 Initial volatility gave way to a recognition that tariffs rarely land as broadly as advertised.—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 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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