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duty

noun as in tax on foreign goods

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The measure raises a flat duty on steel and aluminium entering the US to 25% and ends all country exemptions to the levies.

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“ALADS is certain that if the public knew all the details of this case — they would agree that the deputy should be immediately restored to duty.”

He has hit products from America's three biggest trade partners with the new duties, and threatened them more widely in moves that analysts believe will increase prices and curb growth.

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The captain who directly oversees the unit, Robin Petillo, has already been relieved of duty in a separate investigation, according to officials.

During a home visit by a supervisor, Sergeant Edwards, in June 2024, he was asked whether the cost of travel was a barrier to his full return to duty.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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