tariff

English Online Dictionary. What means tariff‎? What does tariff mean?

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

Verb

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

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

Translations

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• tariffavtale

References

• “tariff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• tariffavtale

References

• “tariff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.