TARIFF、DUTYの意味、関税

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2010.01.29 (Review of 2006.08.24 edition)

When a government wants to protect domestic industries from foreign competition, here's one of its favorite tools!

Today's Lesson
TARIFF / DUTY   関税

Explanation

  • A tariff or duty is a tax on imported or exported goods.
  • tariff または duty とは、輸入品、輸出品にかけられる税金、つまり、関税のことです。

TARIFF / DUTY

examples

  1. Domestic growers have been lobbying hard for the government to charge tariffs on cotton imports.
  2. The high import duties and other taxes in that country have discouraged us from trying to enter the market there.
  3. I'd like to get to the airport early so we have lots of time for duty-free shopping.

英会話レッスンWe'll be sending you another duty-free edition of WordMaster@Work first thing Monday morning. Until then, make it a terrific weekend!