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countervailing duty

countervailing duty noun: a duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country if such imports cause or threaten injury to a domestic industry.

Noun

countervailing duty (plural countervailing duties)

  1. A duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country if such imports cause or threaten injury to a domestic industry.
  2. A duty or surtax levied on an imported article to offset an excise or inland revenue tax placed upon articles of the same class manufactured domestically.

countervailing duty meaning in Tamil

countervailing duty in Tamil

ஈடுசெய்வரி, சமனாக்குவரி

Forms of countervailing duty

pluralcountervailing duties

Questions about countervailing duty

What does countervailing duty mean?
Countervailing duty means a duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country if such imports cause or threaten injury to a domestic industry.
What is countervailing duty in Tamil?
Countervailing duty in Tamil is ஈடுசெய்வரி, சமனாக்குவரி. See Countervailing duty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is countervailing duty?
Countervailing duty is a noun.
What is the plural of countervailing duty?
The plural of countervailing duty is countervailing duties.

Words near countervailing duty in the dictionary

  1. countervailance
  2. countervailances
  3. countervailed
  4. countervailing
  5. countervailing duties
  6. countervailing duty
  7. countervailingly
  8. countervails
  9. countervair
  10. countervairy
  11. countervallation

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