tariff

English

Etymology

From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه‎ (ta'rife), from Persian تعرفه‎ (ta'refe), from Arabic تَعْرِفَة‎ (taʿrifa, “tariff, rate”), via Hebrew תַּעֲרִיף‎ (tariff).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtæɹɪf/, IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹəf/, IPA(key): /ˈtæɹəf/[1]

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.
  2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
  3. (Britain) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

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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)

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References
  1. “tariff” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِيف‎ (taʿrīf)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِيف‎ (taʿrīf)

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

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