Business / Agriculture / Ad Valorem Duty: A tariff expressed as a fixed percentage of the value of the imported commodity or product. Generally, by contrast, a specific duty is applied as a charge on each unit or specified quantity of an imported item (i.e., $5 per ton).
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Duty Noun Synonyms: respect, deference, loyalty, fealty, fidelity, faithfulness, allegiance
Duty Adjective Synonyms: responsibility, obligation, burden, onus, devoir, office, work, task, assignment, job, stint, chore, occupation, calling, function, role, part, bit, charge
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Business / Agriculture / Import Duty: A customs duty is a charge assessed by a government on an imported item at its point of customs entry into the country, and paid for by the importer: the term is now used interchangeably with tariff. MORE
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Life Style / Wine / Palo Cortado: A rare style of dry Sherry. It is the result of failure of complete development of the flor, so it starts life as neither Fino nor Amontillado. What flor there is subsequently dies, and as a conseque MORE
Science / Periodic Table of Elements / Palladium (Pd): Atomic number: 46, Atomic mass: 106.42 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 2.2, Density: 11.9 g.cm-3 at 20?°C, Melting point: 1560 ?°C, Boiling point: 2927 ?°C, Isotopes: 9, Vanderwaals radius: 0.065 nm ( MORE