tariff

B1 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈtærɪf/ UK /ˈtærɪf/ See IPA manual

Freq #43678

Meanings

1

noun
a tax imposed by a government on goods imported from or exported to another country

The government introduced a tariff on imported steel to protect domestic producers.
2

noun
an official schedule or system of prices and charges

The utility offers a cheaper overnight electricity tariff.
3

verb
to impose a tariff on goods or services

The proposal would tariff luxury imports at twenty percent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a tax imposed by a... customs dutyimport dutylevy

2 noun · an official schedule or... rate scheduleprice plan

3 verb · to impose a tariff on goods... taxlevy a duty on

Opposites

exemption

Word family

Derived forms countertariffnon-tariffnontarifftariffless

Related forms customs import quota trade

Common collocations

protective tariff Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Italian tariffa, an arithmetical table or list of customs duties, through forms also found in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The Italian word came from Arabic ta'rif, notification or explanation; English records the customs sense from the late sixteenth century.

Topics

Business & Commerce

External links

# tariff

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtærɪf/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtærɪf/
**Frequency rank:** 43678

## Meanings
1. a tax imposed by a government on goods imported from or exported to another country
2. an official schedule or system of prices and charges
3. to impose a tariff on goods or services

## Examples
- The government introduced a tariff on imported steel to protect domestic producers.
- The utility offers a cheaper overnight electricity tariff.
- The proposal would tariff luxury imports at twenty percent.

## Synonyms
- customs duty
- import duty
- levy
- rate schedule

## Antonyms
- exemption

## Derived Forms
- countertariff
- non-tariff
- nontariff
- tariffless

## Related Forms
- customs
- import
- quota
- trade

## Etymology
From Italian tariffa, an arithmetical table or list of customs duties, through forms also found in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The Italian word came from Arabic ta'rif, notification or explanation; English records the customs sense from the late sixteenth century.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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