tariff
A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goodsA system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
Meaning
3 sensesA system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
Tarif, Zoll
тари́фtaríf, по́шлинаpóšlina
тари́фtarýf
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.
прейскура́нтprejskuránt, шкала́ ста́вокškalá stávok, прайс-ли́стprajs-líst
(UK)A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
- a government tax on imports or exports
Examples
24 sentencesWe hope to lower the tariff.
ruМы надеемся снизить тариф. — AntonKhorev
Unfair tariffs are imposed on foreign products.
Unless Japan eliminates those unfair tariffs, the U.S. will impose sanctions.
Algeria needs to massively reduce tariffs.
Cleveland decided that high tariffs were wrong.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيفFrom 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.
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