tar·iff /ˈtærəf/
關稅,關稅表,價格表,收費表(vt.)課以關稅
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費率
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Tar·iff n.
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.
Note: ☞ 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.
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.
Tar·iff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tariffed p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing.] To make a list of duties on, as goods.
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tariff
n : a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a
treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
[syn: duty]
v : charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"