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PROTECTIVE TARIFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protective tariff mean?
• PROTECTIVE TARIFF (noun)
The noun PROTECTIVE TARIFF has 1 sense:
1. a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition
Familiarity information: PROTECTIVE TARIFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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