- 1a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports. Synonymstaxduty customs tariff ratesThese are all words for money that you have to pay to the government.tax money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services:income tax tax cutsduty a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country:The company has to pay customs duties on all imports. customs tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countriestariff a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country, often in order to protect industry from cheap imports:A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports.rates (in Britain) a tax paid by businesses to a local authority for land and buildings that they use, and in the past also paid by anyone who owned a house:Business rates are very high in the city centre.Patterns (a) tax/duty/tariff/rates on something to pay an amount of money in tax/duty/customs/rates to pay (a) tax/duty/customs/tariff/rates to collect taxes/duties/rates to increase/raise/reduce taxes/duty/tariffs/rates to cut taxes/duties/rates to impose a tax/duty/tariff to put a tax/duty on something Wordfindertradeboom, business, commerce, embargo, import, market, monopoly, sanction, tariff, tradeinternational Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehigh, low, preferential, … … of tariffslevel verb + tarifffix, set, impose, … tariff + nounreduction, reform, structure, … prepositiontariff on phrasesa reduction in tariff/tariffs See full entry See related entries: Economy
- 2a list of fixed prices that are charged by a hotel or restaurant for rooms, meals, etc., or by a company for a particular service mobile-phone tariffs See related entries: Staying in a hotel, Dining out
- 3(British English, law) a level of punishment for somebody who has been found guilty of a crime Word Originlate 16th cent. (also denoting an arithmetical table): via French from Italian tariffa, based on Arabic ‘arrafa ‘notify’.Extra examples The European Union has threatened retaliatory tariffs. The US could impose punitive tariffs of up to 100% on some countries’ exports. The agreement fixed tariffs for foreign goods coming into Japan at 5%. They set a tariff of 36% on British wool cloth. a 27% across-the-board tariff on all goods from China a 40% level of tariffs on imports the aim of removing all tariff barriers by next year Ask your bank for a copy of its tariff of charges. If a guest cancels their booking, we reserve the right to charge the full tariff price.
tariff
nounBrE BrE//ˈtærɪf//; NAmE NAmE//ˈtærɪf//
Economy, Staying in a hotel, Dining outCheck pronunciation: tariff
