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tariffs

[tar-if]

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noun

an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.

the schedule or system of duties so imposed.

any duty or rate of duty in such a list or schedule.

any table of charges, as of a railroad, bus line, etc.

bill; cost; charge.

verb (used with object)

to subject to a tariff.

to put a valuation on according to a tariff.

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Origin:
1585–95; earlier tariffa < Italian < Arabic taʿrīfah, derivative of ʿarrafa to make known

Related forms

tar·iff·less, adjective

pre·tar·iff, noun, adjective

pro·tar·iff, adjective

re·tar·iff, verb (used with object)

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Policymakers in several states are considering a new tool to boost renewable energy production: feed-in tariffs.

Utilities, for their part, complain about the added complexity of feed-in tariffs for homeowners.

Expect to see this kind of nonsense repeated around the world as more tariffs are announced.

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Policymakers in several states are considering a new tool to boost renewable energy production: feed-in tariffs.

Utilities, for their part, complain about the added complexity of feed-in tariffs for homeowners.

Expect to see this kind of nonsense repeated around the world as more tariffs are announced.

The tariffs took a toll on the domestic economy as well.

The body commits members to reducing all tariffs to zero within ten years.

Where these tariffs shine is for larger installations.

Wealthy people can afford higher tariffs for gas guzzlers as well as the fuel that runs them.

We are skeptical that punitive tariffs are the answer.

Countries that cannot will almost certainly resort to trade tariffs.

The corn lobby made that possible, promoting sugar import tariffs.

Finally, there is a little more information on tariffs.

The mineral extraction tax was lowered and the export tariffs recalculated to the benefit of companies.

But of course, tariffs aren't good and free trade isn't bad.

They should be used where they can be justified economically, and without government tariffs propping them up.

Canadians can also forget the nasty unpleasantness of softwood logging disputes and wheat tariffs.

As a dispute over tariffs on bananas ends, a larger lesson learned is that trade is necessary but not sufficient for development.

One might argue that these tariffs don't matter much.

The high cost of renewables can be seen simply looking at the tariffs required to get the investments made.

Food sovereignty would require raising tariffs on food imports to protect national production.

The public's support for tariffs and other trade barriers has measurably declined, a nationwide poll has found.

When countries cut their tariffs on farm goods, their consumers pay lower prices.

It was focused not on tariffs or economic measures, but on education.

National governments, by and large, kept a much firmer hand on lorry and railroad tariffs than on charges for ocean freight.

History suggests that perhaps it is too simplistic to equate high import tariffs with job transfers from abroad.

Chinese goods might then be subject to import tariffs.

The size of those tariffs would reflect the scale of the undervaluation.

Its neighbours accused it of breaking ranks and briefly raised their tariffs.

Competing was not necessary in the days of import tariffs and government-guaranteed prices.

Many were corrupt, either pocketing water tariffs or taking bribes for not charging them.

The government has not allowed electricity tariffs to rise in step with coal prices, forcing producers to operate at a loss.

Mercosur's relatively high tariffs add to the cost of imported machinery.

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Word Origin & History

tariff

1591, "arithmetical table," from It. tariffa, M.L. tarifa "list of prices, book of rates," from Arabic ta'rif "information, notification, inventory of fees to be paid," verbal noun from arafa "to make known." Meaning "official list of customs duties on imports or exports" is from 1592; sense of "classified

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list of charges made in a business" is recorded from 1757.

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tariff definition

A government tax on imports, designed either to raise revenue or to protect domestic industry from foreign competition.

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