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tariff

Pronunciation: /ˈtarɪf/
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Definition of tariff

noun

  • a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports: the reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs
  • a list of import or export tariffs.
  • chiefly British a list of the fixed charges made by a business, especially for use of gas, electricity, or a mobile phone.
  • Law, British a scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities.

verb

[with object]
  • fix the price of (something) according to a tariff:these services are tariffed by volume

Origin:

late 16th century (also denoting an arithmetical table): via French from Italian tariffa, based on Arabic ‘arrafa 'notify'

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