Revenue tariff,

Definition of Revenue tariff:

1. A tariff imposed principally to raise government revenue rather than to protect domestic industries.

2. A tax applied to imported and exported goods in order to increase the revenue of a regional or national government. An example of a revenue tariff in a business is the tax applied to all imported oil in the United States.

How to use Revenue tariff in a sentence?

1. He has special contempt for those free traders who would argue for the substitution of a protective tariff with a revenue tariff.