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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tar•iff /ˈtærɪf/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta schedule or system of duties charged by a government on imports or exports:a fifty-percent tariff on rice imports.
- a schedule or list of charges or fares for anything.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tar•iff (tar′if ),USA pronunciation n. - an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- the schedule or system of duties so imposed.
- any duty or rate of duty in such a list or schedule.
- any table of charges, as of a railroad, bus line, etc.
- bill;
cost;
charge.
v.t. - to subject to a tariff.
- to put a valuation on according to a tariff.
- Arabic ta‘rīfah, derivative of ‘arrafa to make known
- Italian
- earlier tariffa 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tariff /ˈtærɪf/ n - a tax levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
- a system or list of such taxes
- any schedule of prices, fees, fares, etc
- chiefly Brit a method of charging for the supply of services, esp public services, such as gas and electricity
- a schedule of such charges
- chiefly Brit a bill of fare with prices listed; menu
vb (transitive)- to set a tariff on
- to set a price on according to a schedule of tariffs
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta`rīfa to inform |