TARIFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does tariff mean?
• TARIFF (noun)
The noun TARIFF has 1 sense:
1. a government tax on imports or exports
Familiarity information: TARIFF used as a noun is very rare.
• TARIFF (verb)
The verb TARIFF has 1 sense:
1. charge a tariff
Familiarity information: TARIFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TARIFF (noun)
Meaning:
A government tax on imports or exports
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
tariff; duty
Context example:
they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
Hypernyms ("tariff" is a kind of...):
indirect tax (a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tariff"):
custom; customs; customs duty; impost (money collected under a tariff)
tonnage; tonnage duty; tunnage (a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship)
octroi (a tax on various goods brought into a town)
revenue tariff (a tariff imposed to raise revenue)
protective tariff (a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition)
import duty (a duty imposed on imports)
export duty (a duty imposed on exports)
countervailing duty (a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments)
• TARIFF (verb)
Meaning:
Charge a tariff
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
tariff imported goods
Hypernyms (to "tariff" is one way to...):
tax (levy a tax on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
