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Tariff - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tariff : (noun)
1: a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a
treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
[syn: duty]
(verb)
1: charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tariff : \Tar"iff\, n.
A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to,
the production of revenue (called a
revenue tariff, or
tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home
industries (
a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign
governments, as in case of
retaliatory tariff.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tariff : \Tar"iff\, n. [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It.
tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r[=i]f information, explanation,
definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.]
1. 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).
Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on
exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers
only to imports.
2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on
wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a
tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. --Bolingbroke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tariff : \Tar"iff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tariffed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tariffing.]
To make a list of duties on, as goods.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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TARIFF. Customs, duties, toll. or tribute payable upon merchandise to the
general government is called tariff; the rate of customs, &c. also bears
this name and the list of articles liable to duties is also called the
tariff.
2. For theTariff : of duties imposed on the importation of foreign
merchandise into the United States.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Tariff, WV
Zip code(s): 25281
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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