Tariff

Origin

From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة (taʿrifa(t), "tariff, rate"), from the root .

Noun

1. a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves
2. a schedule of rates, fees or prices
3. (British) a sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime

Derived terms

• tariffless

Full definition of tariff

Verb

1. (transitive) to levy a duty on (something)