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tariff

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtæɹɪf/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtæɹəf/
  • General-American: /ˈtɛɹəf/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • Australian: /ˈtæɹəf/
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 R AH0 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A schedule of rates, fees or prices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plan

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To levy a duty on (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a government tax on imports or exports

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: duty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indirect tax

Narrower terms: customs, customs duty, custom, impost, tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty, octroi, revenue tariff, protective tariff, import duty, export duty, countervailing duty

6

verb

Meaning 6

charge a tariff

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tariff imported goods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tax

History

Etymology

From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: doeanereg — duties imposed
  • Afrikaans: tarief — duties imposed
  • Albanian: tarifë — duties imposed
  • Arabic: تَعَارِيف (taʕārīf) — duties imposed
  • Arabic: تَعْرِفَة (taʕrifa) — duties imposed
  • Arabic: تَعْرِيفَة (taʕrīfa) — duties imposed
  • Armenian: մաքսատուրք (makʻsaturkʻ) — duties imposed
  • Basque: muga-zerga — duties imposed
  • Basque: arantzel — duties imposed
  • Belarusian: тары́ф (tarýf) — duties imposed
  • Bulgarian: тари́фа (tarífa) — duties imposed
  • Bulgarian: ми́то (míto) — duties imposed
  • Catalan: aranzel — duties imposed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關稅 /关税 (guānshuì) — duties imposed
  • Czech: tarif — duties imposed
  • Danish: told — duties imposed
  • Dutch: tarief — duties imposed
  • Dutch: douanerecht — duties imposed
  • Esperanto: tarifo — duties imposed
  • Estonian: tollimaks — duties imposed
  • Finnish: tulli — duties imposed
  • Finnish: tariffi — duties imposed
  • French: droit de douane — duties imposed
  • Galician: arancel — duties imposed
  • Galician: taxa alfandegueira — duties imposed
  • Georgian: ბაჟი (baži) — duties imposed
  • Georgian: საბაჟო ტარიფი (sabažo ṭaripi) — duties imposed
  • German: Tarif — duties imposed
  • German: Zoll — duties imposed
  • Greek: δασμός (dasmós) — duties imposed
  • Hebrew: תעריף (ta'aríf) — duties imposed
  • Hindi: प्रशुल्क (praśulk) — duties imposed
  • Hindi: सीमा शुल्क (sīmā śulk) — duties imposed
  • Hindi: टैरिफ़ (ṭairif) — duties imposed
  • Hungarian: tarifa — duties imposed
  • Hungarian: vám — duties imposed
  • Irish: taraif — duties imposed
  • Italian: dazio — duties imposed
  • Japanese: 関税 (kanzei) — duties imposed
  • Kazakh: баж (baj) — duties imposed
  • Khmer: អាករ (ʼaakɑɑ) — duties imposed
  • Korean: 관세 (gwanse) — duties imposed
  • Lao: ພາສີ (phā sī) — duties imposed
  • Latin: telōnium — duties imposed
  • Latvian: tarifs — duties imposed
  • Lithuanian: tarifas — duties imposed
  • Lithuanian: muitas — duties imposed
  • Macedonian: царина (carina) — duties imposed
  • Māori: tākehoko — duties imposed
  • Māori: tākehoko tāwāhi — duties imposed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: toll — duties imposed
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْرِفِه (ta'refe) — duties imposed
  • Polish: cło — duties imposed
  • Polish: system celny — duties imposed
  • Portuguese: tarifa — duties imposed
  • Portuguese: taxa alfandegária — duties imposed
  • Romanian: tarif — duties imposed
  • Russian: тари́ф (taríf) — duties imposed
  • Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — duties imposed
  • Slovene: tarifa — duties imposed
  • Spanish: arancel — duties imposed
  • Swedish: tull — duties imposed
  • Tagalog: taripa — duties imposed
  • Tajik: тарифа (tarifa) — duties imposed
  • Tajik: тариф (tarif) — duties imposed
  • Tajik: тарофа (tarofa) — duties imposed
  • Telugu: సుంఖాలు (suṅkhālu) — duties imposed
  • Thai: ภาษี (paa-sǐi) — duties imposed
  • Thai: พิกัดอัตรา (pí-gàt-àt-dtraa) — duties imposed
  • Tibetan: སྒོ་ཁྲལ (sgo khral) — duties imposed
  • Tibetan: ཤོ་གམ (sho gam) — duties imposed
  • Tibetan: ཤོ་སྒམ (sho sgam) — duties imposed
  • Turkish: tarife — duties imposed
  • Turkish: gümrük vergisi — duties imposed
  • Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim) — duties imposed
  • Ukrainian: тари́ф (tarýf) — duties imposed
  • Urdu: ٹَیرِف (ṭairif) — duties imposed
  • Uzbek: tarif — duties imposed
  • Vietnamese: giá — duties imposed
  • Vietnamese: thuế quan — duties imposed
  • Arabic: تَعَارِيف (taʕārīf) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Armenian: գնացուցակ (gnacʻucʻak) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Armenian: տարիֆ (tarif) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Bulgarian: тари́фа (tarífa) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Catalan: tarifa — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Dutch: tarief — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: limiit — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: määr — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: norm — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: piirnorm — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: taks — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: tariif — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Estonian: ulatus — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Finnish: hinnasto — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Greek: διατίμηση (diatímisi) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Hebrew: תַּעֲרִיף (ta'aríf) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Hindi: दर (dar) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Hungarian: díjszabás — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Hungarian: tarifacsomag — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Irish: liosta táillí — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Portuguese: tarifa — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Russian: прейскура́нт (prejskuránt) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Russian: шкала́ ста́вок (škalá stávok) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Russian: прайс-ли́ст (prajs-líst) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Russian: расце́нка (rascénka) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Russian: тари́ф (taríf) — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Spanish: tarifa — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Spanish: arancel — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Turkish: tarife cetveli — a schedule of rates, fees or prices
  • Bulgarian: обмитявам (obmitjavam) — levy a duty
  • Finnish: periä — levy a duty
  • Finnish: tullimaksu — levy a duty
  • German: mit einem Zoll belegen — levy a duty
  • Greek: δασμολογώ (dasmologó) — levy a duty
  • Polish: oclić — levy a duty
  • Portuguese: tarifar — levy a duty
  • Russian: облага́ть по́шлиной (oblagátʹ póšlinoj) — levy a duty
  • Spanish: poner aranceles — levy a duty
  • Spanish: imponer aranceles — levy a duty