tariff
pronunciation
How to pronounce tariff in British English:
UK [ˈtærɪf]
How to pronounce tariff in American English:
US [ˈtærɪf]
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- Noun:
- a government tax on imports or exports
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- Verb:
- charge a tariff
Word Origin
- tariff (n.)
- 1590s, "arithmetical table," also "official list of customs duties on imports or exports; law regulating import duties," from Italian tariffa "tariff, price, assessment," Medieval Latin tarifa "list of prices, book of rates," from Arabic ta'rif "information, notification, a making known; inventory of fees to be paid," verbal noun from arafa "he made known, he taught." Sense of "classified list of charges made in a business" is recorded from 1757. The U.S. Tariff of Abominations was passed in 1828.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The tariff scorecard is only part of the story .
- 2. The industry expects that a fixed feed-in tariff will follow soon .
- 3. The result was a round of reciprocal tariff hikes elsewhere , and a disastrous collapse in international trade .
- 4. The tariff was eliminated after a few months .
- 5. It has dismantled tariff barriers .