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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countervailing duty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
coun-ter-vail-ing -du-ty
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

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

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.

Inflected Forms

countervailing duties (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dumping

Questions

What does countervailing duty mean?
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.

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