countervailing duty (English, noun)
expansion: countervailing duty (plural countervailing duties)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: countervailing duties
tags: plural