Meaning

1 senses
  1. A tax imposed by a government on imported goods from a specific country, intended to punish that country for perceived unfair trade practices or political provocations.

    The administration threatened to impose punitive tariffs of 25% on all steel imports in response to the trade dispute.

    Strafzoll

    карательный тарифkaratelʹnyj tarif, штрафной тарифštrafnoj tarif

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
tariff intended to punish another country:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tariff intended to punish another country:

Origin

punitive + tariff

punitive + tariff

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