Money
Synonyms for tariff
The synonym for tariff recorded in this bank is duty, in the sense "a tax imposed on goods imported or exported". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for tariff
- dutynoun, in the sense "a tax imposed on goods imported or exported"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day tariff is audited in a second meaning.
a tax imposed on goods imported or exported
The new tariff on imported steel raised prices at every hardware store.
The true synonym
duty
Same sentence, swapped: The new duty on imported steel raised prices at every hardware store.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- royalty
- commission
- rebate
Where tariff turns up in the game
tariff is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where tariff is the trap
- dutynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is responsibility, in the sense "the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force", and tariff is one of the three tiles that lose.
- subsidynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grant, in the sense "a sum of money granted to help with a cost", so tariff is there to be ruled out.
Play tariff
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tariff reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because money is the company tariff keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tariff carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.