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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pro·tect·ive a.  Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. “ The favor of a protective Providence.”
 Protective coloring Zool., coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism.  Cf. Mimicry. --Wallace.
 Protective tariff Polit. Econ., a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 protective tariff
      n : a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import
          competition