Definition of "tariffs" []

• Plural form of tariff. (noun)

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• "While traditional protectionism, such as tariffs, is being reduced, our trading partners are honing more civilized ways of using government resources to achieve such public objectives as reducing the risk for technological innovation; encouraging such sectors as aerospace, biotechnology, computers that they see as critical to national growth."
• "Outside he fought trade-combinations; made alliances with the corporations of the earth, and forced discriminating tariffs from the great carriers."
• "Germany's system of feed-in tariffs has reportedly resulted in the creation of 300,000 new jobs since the program was launched a decade ago."