tariff
/ˈtæɹɪf/US/ˈtæɹəf/
tariff noun: a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
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.
- This question may be placed in another light. It is agreed on all sides, that numbers are the best scale of wealth and taxation, as they are the only proper scale of representation. Would the convention have been impartial or consistent, if they had rejected the slaves from the list of inhabitants...1788 February 12, James Madison, “Federalist No. 54”, in New York Packet
- For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism
- A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
- Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.
- There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)
- Synonyms:
- plan
- 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)
- To levy a duty on (something).
- From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.2024 December 5, Madison Minges, “Understanding Trump Tariffs 2.0”, in American University
tariff meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tariff in Hindi
- duties imposed
- प्रशुल्क praśulk, सीमा शुल्क sīmā śulk, टैरिफ़ ṭairif
- a schedule of rates, fees or prices
- दर dar
tariff in Tamil
- காப்பு வரி, கட்டண வீதம்
tariff in Urdu
- duties imposed
- ٹَیرِف ṭairif, محصول mahsūl
tariff in Bengali
- শুল্ক, শুল্কের তালিকা, মাসুলের তালিকা, মাসুল
More languagesFewer languages
- tariff in Telugu
- సుంఖాలు suṅkhālu
- tariff in Malayalam
- താരിപ്പ്, വിലവിവരം, ചുങ്കവീതം, ഇറക്കുമതിത്തീരുവ
- tariff in Kannada
- ಬೆಲೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ತೆರಿಗೆ
- tariff in Punjabi
- ਟੈਰਿਫ, ਟੈਰਿਫ਼
- tariff in Gujarati
- ટેરિફ
- tariff in Nepali
- ट्यारिफमा
- tariff in Tagalog
- taripa
- tariff in Arabic
- تَعَارِيف taʕārīf, تَعْرِفَة taʕrifa, تَعْرِيفَة taʕrīfa
- tariff in Thai
- ภาษี paa-sǐi, พิกัดอัตรา pí-gàt-àt-dtraa
- tariff in Vietnamese
- giá, thuế quan
Examples of tariff in a sentence
- Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:
- Speaking to press in the Oval Office on Friday after signing executive orders, Trump said the tariff would apply to any phone maker selling devices in the US.2025 May 23, David Goldman and Clare Duffy, “Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple and says Samsung and other tech companies could be next”...
Synonyms of tariff
Forms of tariff
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tariffs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tariffs |
| present participle | tariffing |
| past participle | tariffed |
| past | tariffed |
Origin of tariff
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.
Words formed from tariff
Phrases with tariff
Questions about tariff
- What does tariff mean?
- Tariff means a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
- What is tariff in Hindi?
- Tariff in Hindi is प्रशुल्क (praśulk), सीमा शुल्क (sīmā śulk), टैरिफ़ (ṭairif). See Tariff meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tariff in a sentence?
- Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.
- What part of speech is tariff?
- Tariff can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tariff?
- Tariff is pronounced /ˈtæɹɪf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tariff?
- The plural of tariff is tariffs.
Words near tariff in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tariff (page history and authors); tariff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tariff (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tariff (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tariff (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tariff (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tariff (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tariff (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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