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tariff definition

tar·iff (tar′if)

noun

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

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

transitive verb

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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