tariff (ˈtærɪf
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- a system or list of such taxes
- any schedule of prices, fees, fares, etc
- mainly British
- a method of charging for the supply of services, esp public services, such as gas and electricity ⇒
block tariff
- a schedule of such charges
- a method of charging for the supply of services, esp public services, such as gas and electricity ⇒
- mainly British a bill of fare with prices listed; menu
- British the level of punishment imposed for a criminal offence
verb (tr)
- to set a tariff on
- to set a price on according to a schedule of tariffs
Alternative Forms
ˈtariffless adjectiveWord Origin
C16: from Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta`rīfa to informTranslations
- British English:
tariff
A tariff is a tax on goods coming into a country....tariffs on items such as electronics.ˈtærɪf NOUN ...tariffs on items such as electronics.
- Spanish:
tarifa
nf
- French:
tarif
nm
- German:
Tarif
nm
- Chinese: 关税 n
- Arabic: تَعْرِيفَة n
- Portuguese: tarifa nf
- Russian: тариф nm
- Croatian: tarifa nf
- Czech: tarif nm
- Danish: tarif nutr
- Dutch: tarief nnt
- Finnish: tariffi n
- Greek: δασμολόγιο nnt
- Italian: dazio nm
- Japanese: 関税率 n
- Korean: 관세율표 n
- Norwegian: tariff nm
- Polish: cennik nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: tarifa nf
- European Spanish:
tarifa
nf
- Swedish: taxa nutr
- Thai: อัตราภาษีขาเข้า n
- Turkish: gümrük tarifesi n
- Vietnamese: thuế quan n
Usage examples
There will be a special rates tariff with respect to sixth-formers in a higher tax bracket, which I will be implementing ruthlessly.
, MUSIC FOR BOYS (2003)We did change Reliance Infocomm's tariff proposals, which might have been predatory.
India Today (2003)One of the issues on the table is the idea of scrapping a tariff on foreign oil rigs.
canada.com (2004)Today, the murderer was told he would face life and a tariff would be set in the coming weeks.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)Empirically this seems to be the case, as tariff and non-tariff barriers have been found to promote FDI, at least in developing countries.
, Competing in a Global Economy (1990)