TARIFF in a Sentence

Learn TARIFF from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

15 example sentences for TARIFF, such as:

1. There is a very high tariff on jewelry.
2. This last was the dearest of the whole tariff.
3. America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
4. The decision to raise tariffs on imports will only add fuel to the fire.
5. High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.

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 Meanings and Examples of TARIFF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tariff
 n.  tax on goods coming into a country
Classic Sentence:
1  He composed the travellers' tariff card in a superior manner, but practised eyes sometimes spied out orthographical errors in it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS
2  This last was the dearest of the whole tariff.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
3  You think Jack hasn't got any ideas about anything but manufacturing and the tariff on lumber.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  It would give an indication of how far the trade liberalization would go but they would still have a heavy workload in negotiating detailed tariff cuts.
2  They would still have a heavy workload in negotiating detailed tariff cuts, product by product.
3  There is a very high tariff on jewelry.
4  High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.
5  He proposes unspecified tariffs on imports from Third-World nations that depend on cheap labor.
6  The decision to raise tariffs on imports will only add fuel to the fire.
7  Running counter to mainstream Republican thinking, he is calling for tariffs and new trade barriers to protect jobs.
8  America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
9  The Administration says the tariffs were meant to be a temporary measure designed to give the American steel industry time to reorganize.
10  In return, it wants the US to make similar moves, as to cut tariffs and increase quotas for EU goods.
11  Trade officials say that Ecuador has made a complaint to the WTO about the tariffs the European Union imposes on imports of bananas.
12  It may harm him in some States like Pennsylvania, but other areas - notably Florida, which was facing retaliatory tariffs from EU - may breathe a quiet sigh of relief.