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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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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.
    • 2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism:
      For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.
    • 2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:
      Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.
  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.

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Verb

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

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

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  1. ^ tariff”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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