Synonyms of tariffs

tariffs

noun

plural of tariff

as in levies

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

• levies
• taxes
• duties
• customs
• excises
• impositions
• imposts
• income taxes
• tolls
• property taxes
• tributes
• capitations
• poll taxes
• sales taxes
• surtaxes
• withholding taxes
• assessments
• personal taxes
• direct taxes
• surcharges
• hidden taxes
• sin taxes
• estate taxes
• single taxes
• value-added taxes
• inheritance taxes
• death taxes
• supertaxes
• flat taxes
• proportional taxes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tariffs

The retailer was also hit by tariffs and is navigating the soaring price of memory chips, which have caused the costs of some consumer electronics to rise. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Overturning the eighty-year-old world trade system by imposing arbitrary tariffs? — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

With tariffs pushing up prices of goods and energy markets swinging on geopolitical news, the Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee concluded its July 2026 meeting with a contentious 9-3 vote to hold interest rates steady. — Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026

The current administration filed its latest tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which states the president can enact levies against other nations in response to their unfair trade practices, The New York Times reported. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

The legal challenges to the new tariffs are already piling up. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 31 July 2026

Drawing those links between, say, Washington moves on tariffs or taxes and the cost of a gallon of gas won’t get lost in a cloud of Wall Street lingo. — Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Slotkin has said that, constitutionally, only Congress can levy tariffs or raise taxes. — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 31 July 2026

The new set of tariffs are intended to be more legally durable. — Rafael Nam, NPR, 25 July 2026