tariff
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tariff
- /ˈtæɹɪf/ UK
- /ˈtæɹəf/ US
- /ˈtɛɹəf/ US
- /ˈtæɹəf/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.
noun tariffs
- A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves. This question may be placed in another light. It is agreed on all sides, that numbers are the best scale of wealth and taxation, as they are the only proper scale of representation. Would the convention have been impartial or consistent, if they had rejected the slaves from the list of inhabitants,
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A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.
Similar: plan
- A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
verb tariffs · tariffing · tariffed
- To levy a duty on (something). From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: duty, tariffication, tax, customs, rates, discount, price, pricing, charge, cost, law, fee, rate, manufacture, subscription, induction
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noun duties imposed
| Español | arancel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 관세 gwanse |
| 日本語 | 関税 kanzei |
| 中文 | 關稅 /关税 guānshuì |
| हिन्दी | प्रशुल्क praśulk, सीमा शुल्क sīmā śulk, टैरिफ़ ṭairif |
| Português | tarifa, taxa alfandegária |
| Français | droit de douane |
| Deutsch | Tarif, Zoll |
| Italiano | dazio |
| Ελληνικά | δασμός dasmós |
| Română | tarif |
| Русский | тари́ф taríf, по́шлина póšlina |
| Tiếng Việt | giá, thuế quan |
| العربية | تَعَارِيف taʕārīf, تَعْرِفَة taʕrifa, تَعْرِيفَة taʕrīfa |
| עברית | תעריף ta'aríf |
noun a schedule of rates, fees or prices
| Español | tarifa, arancel |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | दर dar |
| Português | tarifa |
| Ελληνικά | διατίμηση diatímisi |
| Русский | прейскура́нт prejskuránt, шкала́ ста́вок škalá stávok, прайс-ли́ст prajs-líst, расце́нка rascénka, тари́ф taríf |
| العربية | تَعَارِيف taʕārīf |
| עברית | תַּעֲרִיף ta'aríf |
verb levy a duty
| Español | poner aranceles, imponer aranceles |
|---|---|
| Português | tarifar |
| Deutsch | mit einem Zoll belegen |
| Ελληνικά | δασμολογώ dasmologó |
| Русский | облага́ть по́шлиной oblagátʹ póšlinoj |
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title = {tariff},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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