tariff


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tariff/ˈtarɪf/
noun
  • 1 a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  • 2 a table of the fixed charges made by a business, especially in a hotel or restaurant.
  • 3 Law a scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities.
verb fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.
– origin C16: via Fr. from Ital. tariffa, based on Arab. ‘arrafa ‘notify’.
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