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TARIFF
duty, tariff
(noun) a government tax on imports or exports; “they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries”
tariff
(verb) charge a tariff; “tariff imported goods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tariff (plural tariffs)
A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
(British) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
Verb
tariff (third-person singular simple present tariffs, present participle tariffing, simple past and past participle tariffed)
(transitive) to levy a duty on (something)
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"iff, n. Etym: [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It. tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'rif information, explanation, definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.]
1. A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U.S. 1833).
Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers only to imports.
2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. Bolingbroke.
Tar"iff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tariffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing.]
Definition: To make a list of duties on, as goods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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