TRADE PROTECTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

Example:

he made trade protection a plank in the party platform

Synonyms:

protection; trade protection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("trade protection" is a kind of...):

imposition; infliction (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))

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