tariff

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹɪf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹɪf/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəf/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ɛɹɪf

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• non-tariff, nontariff
• social tariff
• tariff barrier
• tariffless
• whole life tariff

Translations

duties imposed

• Afrikaans: doeanereg, tarief
• Albanian: tarifë (sq) f
• Arabic: تَعَارِيف (ar) pl (taʕārīf)
• Armenian: մաքսատուրք (hy) (makʻsaturkʻ)
• Basque: muga-zerga, arantzel
• Belarusian: тары́ф m (tarýf)
• Bulgarian: тари́фа (bg) f (tarífa), ми́то (bg) n (míto)
• Catalan: aranzel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關稅／关税 (zh) (guānshuì)

• Czech: tarif (cs) m
• Danish: told (da) c
• Dutch: tarief (nl) n, douanerecht (nl) n
• Esperanto: tarifo
• Estonian: tollimaks
• Finnish: tulli (fi), tariffi (fi)
• French: tarif (fr) m
• Galician: arancel m, taxa alfandegueira f
• Georgian: ბაჟი (baži)
• German: Tarif (de) m, Zoll (de) m
• Greek: δασμός (el) m (dasmós)
• Hindi: टैरिफ़ (ṭairif), शुल्क (hi) m (śulk), प्रशुल्क (praśulk)
• Hungarian: tarifa (hu), vám (hu)
• Irish: taraif f
• Italian: dazio (it) m
• Japanese: 関税 (ja) (かんぜい, kanzei)
• Kazakh: баж (kk) (baj)
• Khmer: អាករ (km) (ʼaakɑɑ)
• Korean: 관세(關稅) (ko) (gwanse)
• Lao: ພາສີ (lo) (phā sī)
• Latin: telōnium n
• Latvian: tarifs m
• Lithuanian: tarifas m, muitas m
• Maori: tākehoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toll (no) m

• Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَعْرِفِه (fa) (ta'refe)

• Polish: taryfa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tarifa (pt) f, taxa alfandegária f
• Romanian: tarif (ro) n
• Russian: тари́ф (ru) m (taríf), по́шлина (ru) f (póšlina)
• Slovene: tarifa f
• Spanish: arancel (es) m
• Tajik: тарифа (tarifa), тариф (tarif), тарофа (tarofa)
• Telugu: సుంఖాలు (suṅkhālu)
• Thai: ภาษี (th) (paa-sǐi), พิกัดอัตรา
• Turkish: tarife (tr), gümrük vergisi (tr)
• Ukrainian: тари́ф m (tarýf)
• Urdu: ٹَیرِف (ṭairif)
• Uzbek: tarif (uz)
• Vietnamese: giá (vi), thuế quan (vi)

a schedule of rates, fees or prices

• Arabic: تَعَارِيف (ar) pl (taʕārīf)
• Armenian: գնացուցակ (hy) (gnacʻucʻak), տարիֆ (hy) (tarif)
• Bulgarian: тари́фа (bg) f (tarífa)
• Catalan: tarifa (ca) f
• Dutch: tarief (nl) n
• Estonian: limiit, määr, norm (et), piirnorm, taks, tariif, ulatus
• Finnish: hinnasto (fi)
• Greek: διατίμηση (el) f (diatímisi)
• Hebrew: תַּעֲרִיף (he) m (ta'aríf)
• Hindi: दर (hi) (dar)
• Hungarian: díjszabás (hu), tarifacsomag
• Irish: liosta táillí m
• Portuguese: tarifa (pt) f
• Russian: прейскура́нт (ru) m (prejskuránt), шкала́ ста́вок f (škalá stávok), прайс-ли́ст (ru) m (prajs-líst), расце́нка (ru) f (rascénka), тари́ф (ru) m (taríf)
• Spanish: tarifa (es) f, arancel (es) m
• Turkish: tarife cetveli

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cáin chustaim f

Verb

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

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

Translations

levy a duty

• Bulgarian: обмитявам (obmitjavam)
• Finnish: periä (fi), tullimaksu (fi)
• Greek: δασμολογώ (el) (dasmologó)
• Portuguese: tarifar (pt)
• Russian: облага́ть по́шлиной impf (oblagátʹ póšlinoj)
• Spanish: poner aranceles, imponer aranceles

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)

1. tariff, scale, table of rates or charges
2. 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)

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

Derived terms

• tariffavtale

References

• “tariff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.