A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue for the government, import duties can also be a form of regulation of foreign trade and policy that taxes foreign products to encourage or safeguard domestic industry. Protective tariffs are among the most widely used instruments of protectionism, along with import quotas and export quotas and other non-tariff barriers to trade.
Tariffs can be fixed (a constant sum per unit of imported goods or a percentage of the price) or variable (the amount varies according to the price). Taxing imports means people are less likely to buy them as they become more expensive. The intention is that they buy local products instead, boosting their countrys economy. Tariffs therefore provide an incentive to develop production and replace imports with domestic products. Tariffs are meant to reduce pressure from foreign competition and reduce the trade deficit. They have historically been justified as a means to protect infant industries and to allow import substitution industrialization. Tariffs may also be used to rectify artificially low prices for certain imported goods, due to dumping, export subsidies or currency manipulation.
There is near unanimous consensus among economists that tariffs have a negative effect on economic growth and economic welfare, while free trade and the reduction of trade barriers has a positive effect on economic growth. Although trade liberalization can sometimes result in large and unequally distributed losses and gains, and can, in the short run, cause significant economic dislocation of workers in import-competing sectors, free trade has advantages of lowering costs of goods and services for both producers and consumers.
Import
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Import is a command typically located within a programs File menu (File → Import...). Like the standard File → Open... command, Import is used for opening files, but it serves a more specific purpose. Instead of opening standard file types, Import is often used for importing parts of files, program settings, plug-ins, or other unconventional file formats.
Not all applications include an Import option, since the Open... command is often sufficient. Instead, the Import command is only found in programs that require a means of importing unique types of data. For example, Adobe Photoshop includes an Import command that allows users to import frames from a video file as layers in an image document. Intuit Quicken includes an Import feature that allows users to import data from .QIF documents or download information directly from the Web. Most Web browsers also include an Import option that allows users to import saved bookmarks and other settings.
While the Import command can serve a number of different purposes, its main function is to import file types that cannot be opened with the standard Open... command. Therefore, if you want to import unconventional types of data into an application, the File → Import... command may be your best bet.
Many programs also include an Export command, which is used for saving data in a specific format.
Import meaning & definition 1 of Import.
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Something which, [according] to [President Bush], seem to be coming from [overseas].......
Import meaning & definition 2 of Import.
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I [foreign car] rather fixed up, that hold races on the streets, the track or [for show] at a [car show].
Import meaning & definition 3 of Import.
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[immigrant]; someone not [born] in this [country]
Import meaning & definition 4 of Import.
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[fix up] a cheap import and make friends instantly. usually people who cant compete intellectually with others [squirm] their way into the import scene. easiest way to make other [meathead] friends and compete with other bottomdwelling grunts.
Import meaning & definition 5 of Import.
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The act of [arranging] a [booty call]/[sex partner] to come over to your house.
Import meaning & definition 6 of Import.
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[See] [Nissan].
Import meaning & definition 7 of Import.
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Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
Import meaning & definition 8 of Import.