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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
The toolkit is expansive and includes tariffs, equity stakes, revenue-sharing deals, regulatory leverage, investment-for-market-access agreements.
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Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Since July, the president has been hopeful to gift the money generated by tariffs to residents giving them a bit of a break.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 6 Jan. 2026
That’s because importing companies tend to find ways around the tariffs, or because countries negotiate enough compromises and exemptions to the tariffs to reduce the headline rate.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
And tariffs are making everything more expensive, including pizza.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
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Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Since July, the president has been hopeful to gift the money generated by tariffs to residents giving them a bit of a break.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 6 Jan. 2026
That’s because importing companies tend to find ways around the tariffs, or because countries negotiate enough compromises and exemptions to the tariffs to reduce the headline rate.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
And tariffs are making everything more expensive, including pizza.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tariff
Noun
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Trump himself has long torpedoed the very idea of a carbon tax.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg, who served three consecutive terms as mayor in the early 2000s, also pushed for steep tax hikes on the wealthy, and even proposed free transit in some places.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rather than annually surplusing property tax revenues from TIFs, a more steady and reliable income stream would be sunsetting TIF districts and extending the regular property tax levy to the homes and businesses inside them.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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By his tally, 39 districts asked for some kind of relief in 2025, including raising mill levies or asking voters to uncap revenue collection.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Tariff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tariff. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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