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.
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Recent Examples of tariff
Even a modest reduction in crop yields, courtesy of honeybees dying off or beekeepers quitting the business, would force the U.S. to import more produce—which, with tariffs looming, is unlikely to come cheap.
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Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
For developers, rising construction costs — potentially affected by new tariffs — remain a concern when assessing the viability of projects and whether public funding needs to be increased.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2025
At first glance, Belvidere would seem well insulated from the impact of tariffs.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2025
That spike in yields helped persuade Trump to suspend a major swathe of the tariffs, Trump later said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
For developers, rising construction costs — potentially affected by new tariffs — remain a concern when assessing the viability of projects and whether public funding needs to be increased.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2025
At first glance, Belvidere would seem well insulated from the impact of tariffs.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2025
That spike in yields helped persuade Trump to suspend a major swathe of the tariffs, Trump later said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tariff
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In comparison, families with higher incomes would benefit from the extension of the 2017 tax cuts, including the expansion of the child tax credit.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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This package will mean millions of people losing their coverage and exploding our medical debt crisis, all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Many of Home Depot’s competitors and suppliers have been raising prices to mitigate cost increases from the 10% universal tariffs on every product entering the United States and higher levies on Chinese goods.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Trump’s tariffs are the highest since the Great Depression But even with the lower levies on China, the Yale Budget Lab reported that the cost of Trump’s trade war will be high.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Tariff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tariff. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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