TARIFF

Tariff

A tariff is either a tax on imports or exports, or a list of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage . The meaning in is now the more common meaning. The meaning in is historically earlier. The meaning in developed from a tabular list of tax rates for different import goods.

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tariff

Noun

  1. a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves
  2. a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  3. a sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime

Verb

  1. to levy a duty on (something)


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