PROTECTIVE TARIFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("protective tariff" is a kind of...):

duty; tariff (a government tax on imports or exports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protective tariff"):

anti-dumping duty (a tariff imposed to prevent dumping)

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