tariff - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه (ta'rife), from Persian تعرفه (ta'refe), from Arabic تَعْرِفَة (taʕrifa, “tariff, rate”), from the root ع ر ف (ʕ r f).

• (Received Pronunciation, New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹɪf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹɪf/^[1]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəf/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ɛɹɪf

tariff (plural tariffs)

1. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

   • 2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism:

     For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.

   • 2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:

     Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.

2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
   • 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)

     There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.

3. (British) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

• countertariff
• non-tariff, nontariff
• social tariff
• tariff barrier
• tariffless
• whole life tariff

tariff (third-person singular simple present tariffs, present participle tariffing, simple past and past participle tariffed)

1. (transitive) To levy a duty on (something).

   • 2024 December 5, Madison Minges, “Understanding Trump Tariffs 2.0”, in American University‎^[1]:

     From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).

tariff m (definite singular tariffen, indefinite plural tariffer, definite plural tariffene)

1. tariff, scale, table of rates or charges
2. wage scale, wage agreement

• tariffavtale

• “tariff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).

tariff m (definite singular tariffen, indefinite plural tariffar, definite plural tariffane)

1. tariff, scale, table of rates or charges
2. wage scale, wage agreement

• tariffavtale

• “tariff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.