Tariff



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• n.关税
• ［英］ n.关税 ( a duty imposed by a government on imported goods)
• ［类］ smuggler : tariff / stowaway : fare ( 走私者逃避关税 / 偷乘者逃避交通费)
• ［例］ preferential tariff ( 特惠关税)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta‘rīf notification
• Date: 1592
• 1.
  • a. a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
  • b. a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
• 2. a schedule of rates or charges of a business or a public utility
• 3. price, charge

II. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1828
• to subject to a tariff

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