Tariff
A tax on goods brought in from another country. The importing business pays it, and some of the cost often reaches shoppers.
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Related words
- Supply and demand
- Prices tend to rise when people want more of something than is available, and fall when there's more than people want.
- Inflation
- When prices rise across the economy, so each dollar buys a little less.
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