Tariff Definition

tărĭf
tariffs
noun
tariffs
A list or system of taxes placed by a government upon exports or, esp., imports.
Webster's New World
A duty or duties so imposed.
American Heritage
A tax of this kind, or its rate.
Webster's New World
Any list or scale of prices, charges, etc.
Webster's New World
Any bill, charge, fare, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
To make a schedule of tariffs on; set a tariff on.
Webster's New World
To fix the price of according to a tariff.
Webster's New World

To levy a duty on (something)

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Other Word Forms of Tariff

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Singular:
tariff
Plural:
tariffs

Origin of Tariff

  • Italian tariffa from Old Italian from Arabic ta‘rīf notification infinitive of ‘arrafa to announce derived stem of ‘arafa to know ʕrp in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian tariffa, from Arabic تعاريف (taʿārif, “fees to be paid").

    From Wiktionary

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