“How much duty did you have to pay?”

“The minister spoke about the economic effect of tariffs.”

As these examples show, when we talk about the system of government-imposed duties or the list of such duties, the word tariff is more appropriate, but we use duty or customs duty when we mention specific amounts.

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relating to finance, which is the commercial activity of providing funds and capital, or to put it the other way, the ways in which individuals and organizations raise money.

fiscal

relating to financial matters, especially government tax revenues and government expenditure and debt

monetary

relating to the money supply: the amount of money in circulation, its rate of growth, and interest rates

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pre-1905: veteran (UK) or antique (Ireland)
1905 – 1918: Edwardian (UK) or veteran (Ireland)
Only pre-1905 cars may take part in the famous annual London-Brighton run.

Vintage – a car made between 1919 and 1925, according to the Classic Car Club of America, but 1919-1930 in the UK, or sometimes between 1919 and World War 2 (1939). There was a decline in quality from 1930, so post-1930 cars do not officially qualify. These may be described as post-vintage thoroughbreds if they are of a high standard e.g. Rolls Royce.

Classic – a post-war car that is popular but no longer in production. In the UK, the government allows cars built before 1st January 1973 to be free of road tax.

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Tiles, for covering surfaces such as roofs, walls and floors, are made from a variety of hard-wearing materials. These include natural slate, fired clay and concrete.

Slate is a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split easily into thin layers. Mainly grey in colour, a wide variety of textures, colour varieties and irregular patterns can be found in slate.

A frying pan has sloping sides and is usually sold without a lid. The sloping sides help to prevent a build-up of steam in the pan.

A sauté pan generally has a lid and more-or-less vertical sides, so that the food can be shaken in the pan without spilling.

A skillet is another word for a frying pan. Some manufacturers may use the word to differentiate between two types of pan, but without any noticeable consistency.

An omelette pan has sides that are more flared than an ordinary frying pan to enable the omelette to slide easily out of the pan.

A griddle pan is usually defined as a flat, often cast iron, pan used for cooking things like flat bread and pancakes with dry heat or a minimum of oil. It may have one or two handles and either no sides or very low sides.
However, many manufacturers now use griddle pan to describe a pan with ridges on the bottom, often square in shape, used for cooking meat and fish.

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Compare these three English sentences:

1. What is your blood type?
(Expected answer is a precise named category.)

2. What sort of prices do they charge?
(Expected answer is a description rather than a named category.)

3. What kind of dog is that?
(Probable answer is a named category, but not necessarily as precise as 1 above.
A descriptive answer is also possible.)

So …

• ‘type‘ usually means a precisely defined category.

• ‘sort‘ is more general, often about character rather than definition and can be used in a negative way e.g. What sort of person would do a terrible thing like that?
  

• ‘kind‘ is about half way between, usually referring to large categories or families of things that are naturally related.

Note that ‘type’ cannot be used as a hedge phrase, as in ‘She’s a bit sort of (or kind of) upset about it.’

It is a historical novel. = a novel about history.

Compare ‘a historic event‘ (an event that changed history) and ‘a historical event’ (such as a parade in historical costumes)

Pollen is a fine powder of microscopic particles from the male flower that can fertilize the female flower to produce seed. Pollen is produced by anthers, the male reproductive organs found in most flowering plants.

A toxin, strictly speaking, is a poison that is produced naturally by living things.

However, in non-technical usage, the word toxin is often used for any substance that is harmful or not good for you.

Toxic (adjective) refers to poison that is produced naturally by living things, but it is often used to describe any substance that is harmful or not good for you e.g. ‘toxic fumes’. This is very common usage, especially in non-technical language.