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Tariff   /tˈɛrəf/   Listen
Tariff

noun
1.
A government tax on imports or exports.  Synonym: duty.
verb
(past & past part. tariffed; pres. part. tariffing)
1.
Charge a tariff.



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"Tariff" Quotes from Famous Books



... the House of Representatives had entered upon its first tariff debate, for an immediate revenue was needed if the wheels of government were to move. Madison was ready with a scheme of customs duties patterned very largely after the ill-fated project of 1783. On all sides ...
— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson

... them for cash— Oh! it is then, that they recall, sometimes very vividly, the rights specified in the two hundred and thirteenth article of the civil code, and their wives are grateful to them; but like the heavy tariff which the law lays upon foreign merchandise, their wives suffer and pay the tribute, in virtue of the axiom which says: "There is no pleasure ...
— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac

... twenty-five cents will take you anywhere a la course. But if you go from one shop to another, or linger at a visit, fancy knows no bounds, for there is no tariff and the coachman's imagination is apt to be vivid; and as you can't trust anything else, you must trust to your conversational power to get you ...
— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone

... great manufacturing concerns of the country into the region where natural gas is to obtained. That may be anywhere from the western slope of the Alleghanies to Lake Erie or to Lake Michigan. And, if the cost of producing iron, steel, and glass can be so cheapened by the new fuel, the tariff question may undergo some important modification in politics. For, if the reduction in the cost of fuel should ever become an offset to the lower rate of wages in Europe, the manufacturers of Pennsylvania, who have long been the chief support of the protective policy of the country, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various

... all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are "short and sweet" like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system, and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected, I shall be thankful; if not, it ...
— The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln • Wayne Whipple


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