protective 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… … Financial and business terms
Protective 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
protective 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 … Law dictionary
protective tariff — noun Date: 1838 a tariff intended primarily to protect domestic producers rather than to yield revenue … New Collegiate Dictionary
protective tariff — /prətɛktɪv ˈtærəf/ (say pruhtektiv taruhf) noun a tariff for the protection of domestic production, rather than for revenue …
protective tariff — /prəˌtektɪv tærɪf/ noun a tariff which tries to ban imports to stop them competing with local products … Dictionary of banking and finance
protective 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)… … Black's law dictionary
protective tariff — A tariff maintained at such a high rate as to discourage importation, thereby relieving an American industry of competition from abroad … Ballentine's law dictionary
protective tariff — additional tax levied by the government on foreign imports in order to encourage the purchase of locally made products … English contemporary dictionary
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 preservation of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
