tariff.

1. A tax imposed on goods crossing a national border, especially imports.

2. A published schedule of charges for services or other transactions.

3. To impose a tariff on goods or a category of goods.

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Words that belong together

• import tariff
• tariff rate

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The import tariff raised the declared charge on the specified goods.

The analysis examined who bore the tariff rather than assuming that its legal payer absorbed the whole cost.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular tariff; plural tariffs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic process explanation, financial distinction, incentive analysis, institutional change. Disciplines: economics, business, public policy. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: tariffs.