Synonyms of tariff

tariff

noun

as in tax

a payment that must be made to the government in order to import or export certain goods

The Townshend Acts, which imposed a tariff on many goods imported to North America, indirectly led to the American Revolution.

Related Words

• tax
• levy
• imposition
• impost
• excise
• income tax
• duty
• capitation
• property tax
• poll tax
• sales tax
• single tax
• custom(s)
• withholding tax
• hidden tax
• surtax
• tribute
• toll
• value-added tax
• personal tax
• assessment
• direct tax
• supertax
• surcharge
• sin tax
• estate tax
• inheritance tax
• death tax
• flat tax
• proportional tax

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tariff

All of these tariffs are being instituted using a variety of different statutes, known by three-digit numbers - 122, 338, 232, 301 - for the sections of laws being invoked. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026

Rising energy prices and fresh tariffs could result in hotter inflation, which has been squeezing consumers and looming over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

The White House had previously suggested that tariff revenues, among other things, would contribute toward rebalancing the nation’s budget deficit and may even contribute to paying down the country’s $39 trillion national debt. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Trump has argued that high tariffs will boost American manufacturing and thus bring jobs, despite studies showing that American importers and consumers take the economic hit for them. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 24 July 2026