Definition of Tariff. Meaning of Tariff. Synonyms of Tariff

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Definition of Tariff

Tariff
Tariff Tar"iff, n. A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a revenue tariff, or tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries ( a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of retaliatory tariff.
Tariff
Tariff Tar"iff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tariffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing.] To make a list of duties on, as goods.

Meaning of Tariff from wikipedia

- A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue...
- The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist...
- The Tariff of 1828 was a very high protective tariff that became law in the United States in May 1828. It was a bill designed to fail in Congress because...
- A water tariff (often called water rate in the United States and Canada) is a price ****igned to water supplied by a public utility through a piped network...
- up tariff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tariff or customs duty is a tax on imported or exported goods. A tariff may also refer to: Tariff, a schedule...
- Tariff Act can refer to the following: United States Hamilton tariff (1789) Morrill Tariff (1861) Tariff of 1883 McKinley Tariff (1890) Wilson–Gorman Tariff...
- Tariff or the Underwood-Simmons Act (ch. 16, 38 Stat. 114), re-established a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lowered tariff...
- The Walker Tariff was a set of tariff rates adopted by the United States in 1846. Enacted by the Democrats, it made substantial cuts in the high rates...
- The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress, framed by then Representative William McKinley...
- Tariffs have historically served a key role in the trade policy of the United States. Their purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government...