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The meaning of the word "Tariff" in English


Tariff n. : A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).

Tariff n. : The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.

Tariff n. : Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.

Tariff v. t. : To make a list of duties on, as goods.

Example:
What is the primary difference between a Tariff and an import quota?

Taxonomy
tariff, price, consumers, wages, protective tariffs, United States, model, free encyclopedia, duty, imported goods, domestic industries, graph, product, fraction, triangle, new forms, international price, coffee imports.

Defination from the web:
tariff is a set of rates designed primarily to raise money for the government. ... Tax, tariff and trade rules in modern times are usually set together because of their common impact on industrial policy, investment policy, and agricultural policy. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) duty
  (noun) indirect tax
  (verb) tax


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