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tar·iff  (trf)
n.
1.
a. A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.
b. A duty or duties so imposed.
2. A schedule of prices or fees.
tr.v. tar·iffed, tar·iff·ing, tar·iffs
To fix a duty or price on.

[Italian tariffa, from Old Italian, from Arabic ta'rf, notification, infinitive of 'arrafa, to announce, derived stem of 'arafa, to know; see rp in Semitic roots.]

tariff [ˈtærɪf]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a.  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
b.  a system or list of such taxes
2. any schedule of prices, fees, fares, etc.
3. (Economics) Chiefly Brit
a.  a method of charging for the supply of services, esp public services, such as gas and electricity block tariff
b.  a schedule of such charges
4. (Business / Commerce) Chiefly Brit a bill of fare with prices listed; menu
vb (tr)
1. (Law) Brit the level of punishment imposed for a criminal offence
2. (Economics) to set a tariff on
3. (Economics) to set a price on according to a schedule of tariffs
[from Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta`rīfa to inform]
tariffless  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tariff - a government tax on imports or exportstariff - a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
customs, customs duty, impost, custom - money collected under a tariff
tonnage, tonnage duty, tunnage - a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
octroi - a tax on various goods brought into a town
revenue tariff - a tariff imposed to raise revenue
protective tariff - a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition
import duty - a duty imposed on imports
export duty - a duty imposed on exports
countervailing duty - a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments
Verb1.tariff - charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"
tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"

tariff
noun
1. tax, rate, duty, toll, levy, excise, impost, assessment America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
2. price list, charges, schedule electricity tariffs and telephone charges
Translations
tariff [ˈtærɪf]
A. N
1. (= tax) → tarifa f, arancel m
2. (= schedule of prices) → tarifa f
B. CPD tariff barrier Nbarrera f arancelaria
tariff reform Nreforma f arancelaria
tariff wall N = tariff barrier

tariff [ˈtærɪf]
n
(= tax on goods) → tarifs mpl douaniers
(British) (for public services, hotel accommodation)tarifs mpl
modif [increase, structure, regime] → tarifaire tariff agreement
tariff agreement naccord m tarifaire
tariff barriers nplbarrières fpl tarifaires

tariff
n
(esp Brit) → (Gebühren)tarif m; (in hotels) → Preisverzeichnis nt, → Preisliste f
(Econ: = tax) → Zoll m; (= table)Zolltarif m

tariff [ˈtærɪf] n (price list) → tariffa; (tax) → tariffa doganale, dazio

tariff
n tariff [ˈtӕrif]
1 a list of prices or charges eg in a hotel A copy of the tariff is placed in each bedroom. tarief تَعْرِفَة الأسْعار ценоразпис ceník prisliste; takst das Preisverzeichnis τιμολόγιο lista de precios hinnakiri فهرست قیمت ها hinnasto tableau des prix תַּעֲרִיף शुल्क-सूची tarifa, cjenik díjszabás tarif verðskrá tariffa 料金表 계산서 kainoraštis cenrādis senarai tarif prijslijst prisliste, takst cennik tabela de preços tarif, listă de preţuri прейскурант cenník cenik tarifa prislista ค่าธรรมเนียม fiyat listesi 收費表 прейскурант مينو، نرخ نامہ bảng giá
2 (a list of) taxes to be paid on imported or exported goods the customs tariff. aksyns تَعْريفَه جُمْرُكِيَّه мита celní sazebník importafgift; told der Zolltarif δασμολόγιο arancel toll تعرفه گمرکی rullimaksu tarif(s) douanier(s) רְשִימַת מִסֵי מֶכֶס पर शुल्क, शुल्क pristojba (vám)tarifa pajak tollskrá tariffa 関税 관세 tarifas tarifs tarif tarief toll(sats) opłaty celne, taryfa celna tarifa taxă (va­mală) пошлина colný sadzobník carinska pristojbina tarifa tariff พิกัดอัตราภาษีศุลกากร gümrük vergisi 關稅表 тариф فہرست محصولات thuế xuất nhập khẩu

tariff تعريفة tarif tarif Tarif δασμολόγιο tarifa tariffi tarif tarifa dazio 関税率 관세율표 tarief tariff cennik tarifa тариф taxa อัตราภาษีขาเข้า gümrük tarifesi thuế quan 关税


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