tariff

== English == === Etymology === From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹɪf/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəf/, (Mary–marry–merry merger) /ˈtɛɹəf/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəf/ === 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. Synonym: plan Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less. 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. (British) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tariff (third-person singular simple present tariffs, present participle tariffing, simple past and past participle tariffed) (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) tariff, scale, table of rates or charges 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) tariff, scale, table of rates or charges wage scale, wage agreement ==== Derived terms ==== tariffavtale === References === “tariff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.