tariff en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtæɹəf/ (Australia)
- /ˈtæɹəf/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtæɹɪf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɛɹəf/ (General-American) Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.
Meanings
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A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.
2022 May 8, Katie Lobosco, “Trump’s trade war looms over soybean farmers 4 years later”, in CNN:Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.
2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:Speaking to press in the Oval Office on Friday after signing executive orders, Trump said the tariff would apply to any phone maker selling devices in the US.
2025 May 23, David Goldman and Clare Duffy, “Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple and says Samsung and other tech companies could be next”, in CNN:For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.
2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism:This question may be placed in another light. It is agreed on all sides, that numbers are the best scale of wealth and taxation, as they are the only proper scale of representation. Would the convention have been impartial or consistent, if they had rejected the slaves from the list of inhabitants, when the shares of representation were to be calculated, and inserted them on the lists when the tariff of contributions was to be adjusted?
1788 February 12, James Madison, “Federalist No. 54”, in New York Packet:
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A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.
There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.
1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)
- (UK) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tariffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tariff barrier · punitive tariff · social tariff · nontariff · tariffless · non-tariff · tariffite · antitariff · countertariff · retaliatory tariff · whole life tariff · pretariff · tariffist · tariffication · tariffize · posttariff · tariffism
Synonyms
Translations (112)
fa-ira تَعْرِفِه (duties imposed) · hy տարիֆ (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · hu tarifacsomag (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · uk тари́ф (duties imposed) · ru тари́ф (duties imposed) · it dazio (duties imposed) · cs tarif (duties imposed) · et limiit (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ur محصول (duties imposed) · pt taxa alfandegária (duties imposed) · te సుంఖాలు (duties imposed) · km អាករ (duties imposed) · da told (duties imposed) · ca tarifa (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · pt tarifa (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · lo ພາສີ (duties imposed) · es arancel (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ka საბაჟო ტარიფი (duties imposed) · nl douanerecht (duties imposed) · et tollimaks (duties imposed) · ur ٹَیرِف (duties imposed) · vi giá (duties imposed) · mi tākehoko tāwāhi (duties imposed) · hi प्रशुल्क (duties imposed) · ga liosta táillí (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · mk царина (duties imposed) · fi tulli (duties imposed) · th ภาษี (duties imposed) · he תעריף (duties imposed) · vi thuế quan (duties imposed) · nl tarief (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · nl tarief (duties imposed) · lt tarifas (duties imposed) · es arancel (duties imposed) · hy գնացուցակ (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · sq tarifë (duties imposed) · ja 関税 (duties imposed) · ga taraif (duties imposed) · et tariif (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ru тари́ф (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · fi tariffi (duties imposed) · et piirnorm (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · hu díjszabás (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · cmn 關稅 /关税 (duties imposed) · ru расце́нка (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · fi hinnasto (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · hi सीमा शुल्क (duties imposed) · ko 관세 (duties imposed) · tg тариф (duties imposed) · af doeanereg (duties imposed) · tr tarife (duties imposed) · tg тарофа (duties imposed) · pl cennik (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · kk баж (duties imposed) · de Tarif (duties imposed) · be тары́ф (duties imposed) · sl tarifa (duties imposed) · bo ཤོ་གམ (duties imposed) · gl taxa alfandegueira (duties imposed) · tg тарифа (duties imposed) · tl taripa (duties imposed) · bo སྒོ་ཁྲལ (duties imposed) · pl cło (duties imposed) · ar تَعَارِيف (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · eu muga-zerga (duties imposed) · fr droit de douane (duties imposed) · tr gümrük vergisi (duties imposed) · ru шкала́ ста́вок (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · af tarief (duties imposed) · ca aranzel (duties imposed) · bg ми́то (duties imposed) · hi टैरिफ़ (duties imposed) · mi tākehoko (duties imposed) · ro tarif (duties imposed) · ota رسم (duties imposed) · ka ბაჟი (duties imposed) · nb toll (duties imposed) · el διατίμηση (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · th พิกัดอัตรา (duties imposed) · pl taryfa (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · bg тари́фа (duties imposed) · hu tarifa (duties imposed) · gl arancel (duties imposed) · hi दर (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · et taks (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · pl system celny (duties imposed) · de Zoll (duties imposed) · es tarifa (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ar تَعَارِيف (duties imposed) · hu vám (duties imposed) · la telōnium (duties imposed) · ru прайс-ли́ст (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · lt muitas (duties imposed) · bg тари́фа (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ru прейскура́нт (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · eu arantzel (duties imposed) · eo tarifo (duties imposed) · ru по́шлина (duties imposed) · he תַּעֲרִיף (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · ar تَعْرِفَة (duties imposed) · uz tarif (duties imposed) · bo ཤོ་སྒམ (duties imposed) · tr tarife cetveli (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · sv tull (duties imposed) · et norm (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · et määr (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · et ulatus (a schedule of rates, fees or prices) · el δασμός (duties imposed) · lv tarifs (duties imposed) · hy մաքսատուրք (duties imposed) · pt tarifa (duties imposed) · ar تَعْرِيفَة (duties imposed)
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