'Protective tariff' definitions:
Definition of 'protective tariff'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition
Definition of 'Protective tariff'
From: GCIDE
- Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." --Feltham. [1913 Webster]
- Protective coloring (Zool.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. --Wallace.
- Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4. [1913 Webster]