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Definitions: Tariff |
TariffNoun1. A government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries". Verb1. Charge a tariff, as for imported goods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tariff" was first used: 1591. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Agriculture | A tariff is a list or schedule of taxes, while a duty is the tax imposed on a specific item. However, the terms duty and tariff have come to be used interchangeably. In international trade, these taxes must be paid to a government on selected imported or sometimes exported goods. The Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) lists the items on which the United States levies duties. Tariffs may be protective of domestic producers (keeping domestic prices higher than world prices) or serve as revenue generators for the government. Tariffs are considered transparent trade barriers in contrast to several nontariff barriers. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture requires conversion of nontariff barriers to bound tariffs. (references) |
Economics | 1. A comprehensive list or "schedule" of merchandise with applicable duty rates to be paid or charged for each listed article; together with governing rules and regulations.(A "customs" Tariff.) 2. A schedule of rates and charges applied by a business, especially a common carrier, together with a description of the services offered and the rules and regulations applicable. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A statement setting out the components to be taken into account and the methods to be employed in calculating the amounts to be paid to the supply undertaking by the consumer, according to the characteristics of the supply. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A document, approved by theresponsible regulatory agency,listing the terms and conditions, includinga schedule of prices, under which utility services will beprovided. (references) |
Shipping | A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TACT | English | The Air Cargo Tariff | N/A |
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Synonym: TariffSynonym: duty (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Price | Dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy; abkari; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage, likin; gabel, gabelle; gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Tariff Reform (1910) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Convention of April 25, 1907, regarding the raising of the Turkish customs tariff. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Poland complies with the Harmonized Tariff System. (references) | |
Excise tax is levied on top of the customs tariff. (references) | ||
The 20% tariff applies mainly to apparel and shoes. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Government-sponsored advertising and allocations of newsprint imported at a favorable tariff rate are central to many newspapers' financial viability. (references) |
India | In July and August 2000, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, state police obstructed or attacked journalists and photographers in at least 10 different cities as they attempted to report on civil disturbances resulting from protests over power tariff hikes. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | They are protected by an array of tariff and non-tariff barriers. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | The average tariff cut will be 32.4 percent. (references) |
GUATEMALA | The poultry tariff was completely eliminated. (references) | |
BRAZIL | In 2001, Brazil's average applied tariff was 13.8 percent. (references) | |
Trade | Kenya | Prevailing tariff rates then apply. (references) |
Bahamas | All tariff rates are subject to change. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Bangladesh currently has no tariff quotas on imports. (references) | |
Travel | Mauritius | The normal tariff for calls to the United States is currently at MRS 35 ($1.2) per minute. (references) |
China | Customs will handle the tariff exemption formalities based upon a guarantee of re-export that is signed between the sponsor and the foreign party. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Temporary entry of goods is allowed provided that a guarantee of a percent of the value of the goods equivalent to the normal tariff is deposited with Saudi Customs. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | In 1992 Syria's eligibility for tariff preferences under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences was suspended because the Government failed to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers. (references) |
Maldives | In 1995 the U.S. Government suspended the country's eligibility for tariff preferences under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences because the Government failed to take steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers. (references) | |
Russia | This lack of clear identification under the law has made tripartite tariff agreements (with labor, management, and government participation) nonbinding at the municipal, regional, national, and industrial levels and has brought their legal validity into question. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | In adjusting the duties on imports to the object of revenue the influence of the tariff on manufactures will necessarily present itself for consideration. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | While the tariff of the last session of Congress was a subject of legislative deliberation it was foretold by some of its opposers that one of its necessary consequences would be to impair the revenue. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I can not, therefore, recommend to you any alteration in the present tariff of duties. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | When we tear aside the delusions and misconceptions which have blinded our countrymen to their condition under vicious tariff laws, we but show them how far they have been led away from the paths of contentment and prosperity. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | A matter of most pressing importance is the revision of the tariff. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Under the helpful influences of restrictive immigration and a protective tariff, employment is plentiful, the rate of pay is high, and wage earners are in a state of contentment seldom before seen. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Assuming the accession of the United Kingdom, there will arise across the Atlantic a trading partner behind a single external tariff similar to ours with an economy which nearly equals our own. |
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| "Tariff" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tariff" is used about 668 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 668 | 9,846 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Tariff, WV |
Expressions using "tariff": a projective tariff ♦ ad valorem tariff ♦ agreed tariff ♦ airport tariff ♦ custom tariff ♦ customs tariff ♦ day/night tariff ♦ differential tariff ♦ discriminating tariff ♦ forked tariff ♦ import tariff ♦ preferential tariff ♦ protective tariff ♦ retaliatory tariff ♦ revenue tariff ♦ seasonal tariff ♦ slap a tariff ♦ tariff barriers ♦ tariff bureau ♦ tariff clause ♦ tariff enforcement ♦ tariff for revenue ♦ tariff protection ♦ tariff quotas ♦ tariff rate ♦ tariff reduction ♦ tariff scale ♦ tariff schedule ♦ tariff violation ♦ tariff wall ♦ tariff walls. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tariff": tariff-cutting, tariff-equivalent, tariff-free, tariff-induced, tariff-laden, tariff-making, tariff-reductions, tariff-reform. | |
Ending with "tariff": non-tariff. | |
Containing "tariff": non-tariff stop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tariff | 229 |
avion billet d plein tariff | 40 |
harmonized tariff | 40 |
tariff code | 39 |
classification hs tariff | 27 |
sncf tariff | 24 |
steel tariff | 21 |
abominations tariff | 20 |
customs tariff | 18 |
classification hs number tariff | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tariff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tarifë (carfare, carte, catalogue, dues, fare, fee, price current, price list, rate, scale of charges, toll), taksë (cess, contribution, dues, duty, imposition, impost, infliction, scot, tax, toll). (various references) | |
Arabic | تسعيرة (price, rate), تعريفة (rate), سكان ولاية كاروايناالشمالية, التعرفة الجمركية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ценоразпис (price current, price list), тарифа (rate, wage rate), включвам в митническа тарифа, оценявам (appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, judge, measure, price, put, rate, recognize, value). (various references) | |
Chinese | 關稅 (duty), 关税. (various references) | |
Czech | tarif (rate, scale), sazebník, sazba (charge, composition, rate), clo (customs, duty, levy, tax), ceník (price current, price list), cena (award, charge, cost, costs, figure, merit, premium, price, prize, purse, quotation, rate, valuation, value, worth, worthiness). (various references) | |
Danish | tarif. (various references) | |
Dutch | tarief (rate, user fee). (various references) | |
Esperanto | noktotarifo (night rate, night tariff). (various references) | |
Farsi | تعرفه گمرگی , تعرفه بندی کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | tariffi (list of rates, schedule). (various references) | |
French | tarif. (various references) | |
German | tarif (charge, rate, rental). (various references) | |
Greek | τιμολόγιο (bill, invoice, price list), δασμολόγιο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחירון (price list), תעריף (rate). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tarifa (carriage, rate, scale), díjszabás (fee, rate, scale, scale of fees, tax, through fare, through rate). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cukai (duty, excise duty, tax, toll), biaya (cost, expense, feal, fee, outlay). (various references) | |
Italian | tariffa (fare, price, rate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 関税 (customs, duty), 税率 (tax rate), 料金表 (list or table of charges, price list), 料率 (rates), 泊り賃 (hotel charges). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜいりつ (tax rate), か"ぜい (box and cover, customs, damage from cold weather, deep emotion, drought damage, drought disaster, duty, irrigation, outside a building, persuasion, strong feelings, urging), りょうき"ひょう (list or table of charges, price list), りょうりつ (coexistence, compatibility, rates, standing together), とまりち" (hotel charges). (various references) | |
Korean | 관세. (various references) | |
Manx | custym (custom, customs duty), claare leaghyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arifftay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tarifa (rate, tax). (various references) | |
Romanian | taxã (charge, contribution, custom, duty, fee, rate, scot, style, tax, toll), tarifar, tarifa, tarif (rate, value). (various references) | |
Russian | тариф (rate). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tarifa (rate), odrediti tarifu, carina (customs, duty, revenue). (various references) | |
Spanish | tarifa (fare, fee, posted values, rate, table), arancel (fare, price, rate). (various references) | |
Swedish | taxa (charge, fare, fee, rate, table of rates, tax), tariff (schedule). (various references) | |
Thai | พิกั"อัตรา าษีศุลกากร, ค่าธรรมเนียม (due, fee), จั"เก็บ าษี. (various references) | |
Turkish | tarife uygulamak, tarife (price list, prospectus, receipt, recipe, scale, schedule, statement, timetable), vergilendirmek (excise, tax), gümrük vergisi (customs duty, duty), fiyat listesi (price list, tabular standard). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розцінка (appraisement), тариф (rate), включати у тариф, визначати ціну (appreciate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | giá bảng kẻ giá thuế quan. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | ta'rif. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tariff": tariffed, tariffing, tariffs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tariff": nontariff. (additional references) | |
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"Tariff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ardiff, arif, Ariff, Aroff, Cariff, Gariff, tacif, tarif, tarrif, tarriff, terif, toraf, toriff, traff, trif, truff. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tariff" (pronounced te"ruf) |
| 4 | -e" r u f | sheriff. |
| 3 | -r u f | dandruff, Woodruff. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-i-r-t" | |
-1 letter: afrit. | |
-2 letters: airt, fair, fart, fiar, fiat, frat, frit, raff, raft, riff, rift, tiff. | |
-3 letters: aff, aft, air, ait, arf, art, far, fat, fir, fit, iff, rat, ria, rif, tar. | |
-4 letters: ai, ar, at, fa, if, it, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-f-i-r-t" | |
+1 letter: tariffs, traffic. | |
+2 letters: affright, diffract, graffiti, graffito, taffrail, tariffed, traffics. | |
+3 letters: affricate, affrights, afterlife, diffracts, draffiest, nontariff, sgraffiti, sgraffito, taffrails, tariffing. | |
+4 letters: affricates, affrighted, affronting, diffracted, frameshift, graffitist, restaffing, suffragist, trafficked, trafficker. | |
+5 letters: affirmation, affirmative, afforesting, affricative, affrighting, differentia, diffracting, diffraction, faultfinder, forfeitable, frameshifts, graffitists, insufflator, suffragists, trafficable, traffickers, trafficking. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-. .. ..-. ..-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a r i f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0072 0069 0066 0066 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546784757272 |
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