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Tariff means a tax.

(noun)

An example of a tariff is a fee for bringing steel into the United States.

The definition of a tariff is a list of fees charged by a government on goods going in and out of a country.

(noun)

An example of a tariff is the fees listed at a port.

To tariff is to set a price of a tax on imports or exports.

(verb)

An example of tariff is to charge someone to bring in a shipment of imported whiskey.

See tariff in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a list or system of taxes placed by a government upon exports or, esp., imports
a tax of this kind, or its rate
any list or scale of prices, charges, etc.
☆ Informal any bill, charge, fare, etc.

Origin: It tariffa < Ar taʿrīf, information, explanation < ʼarafa, to know, inform

transitive verb

to make a schedule of tariffs on; set a tariff on
to fix the price of according to a tariff

See tariff in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.
b. A duty or duties so imposed.
A schedule of prices or fees.

transitive verb tar·iffed, tar·iff·ing, tar·iffs

To fix a duty or price on.

Origin:

Origin: Italian tariffa

Origin: , from Old Italian

Origin: , from Arabic ta‘rīf, notification

Origin: , infinitive of ‘arrafa, to announce, derived stem of ‘arafa, to know; see עrp in Semitic roots

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