Tariff

Quick meaning: Tariff is a noun meaning A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

Meaning

A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

More Meanings

1. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
2. (British) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
3. (transitive) To levy a duty on (something).

Example Sentences

There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.

Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.

Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.

For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.

Word Forms

• tariffs
• tariffing
• tariffed

Synonyms for tariff

Depending on context, synonyms include plan, duty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duty, tariffication, tax, customs, rates, discount.

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