tariff

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/

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• (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.

• 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)

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.