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1protective tariff — ➔ tariff * * * protective tariff UK US noun [C] TAX, ECONOMICS ► a tax intended to increase prices of imports and protect a country s industries from foreign competition: »Free trade advocates are against the protective tariff. → Compare REVENUE… …
2Protective tariff — Protective Pro*tect ive, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. The favor of a protective Providence. Feltham. [1913 Webster] {Protective coloring} (Zo[ o]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and… …
3protective tariff — n. A duty or tariff on imported goods intended to discourage imports and protect domestically manufactured goods. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
4protective tariff — noun a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition • Hypernyms: ↑duty, ↑tariff • Hyponyms: ↑anti dumping duty * * * noun : a tariff that protects domestic producers; especially : one primarily designed to sec …
5protective tariff — noun Date: 1838 a tariff intended primarily to protect domestic producers rather than to yield revenue …
6protective tariff — /prətɛktɪv ˈtærəf/ (say pruhtektiv taruhf) noun a tariff for the protection of domestic production, rather than for revenue …
7protective tariff — /prəˌtektɪv tærɪf/ noun a tariff which tries to ban imports to stop them competing with local products …
8protective tariff — A law imposing duties on imports, with the purpose and the effect of discouraging the importation of competitive products of foreign origin, and consequently of stimulating and protecting the home production of the same or equivalent articles 2)… …
9protective tariff — A tariff maintained at such a high rate as to discourage importation, thereby relieving an American industry of competition from abroad …
10protective tariff — additional tax levied by the government on foreign imports in order to encourage the purchase of locally made products …
