Definition of Tariff

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tariff
n. price, rate; protective tax

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Tariff Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Tariff
A tax on imports or exports.

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Tariff
a government tax or duty on imported goods.

BTS Transportation Expressions
Tariff
The charges, rates, and rules of transportation companies usually set forth in an industry publication. (MARAD1)
A published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied. (DOE5)

Glossary of petroleum Industry
TARIFF
A schedule of rates or charges permitted a common carrier or utility pipeline tariffs, are the charges made by common carrier pipelines for moving crude oil or products.

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Tariff
a tax imposed on a good imported into a country; it might be a fixed sum or as a percentage (see GATT).

Shipping Glossary
Tariff (Trf.)
A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.


Tariff Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tariff
(v. t.)
To make a list of duties on, as goods.
  
(n.)
The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
  
(n.)
Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.
  
(n.)
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).
  

WordNet 2.0
tariff

Noun
1. a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
(synonym) duty
(hypernym) indirect tax
(hyponym) customs, customs duty, custom, impost

Verb
1. charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods"
(hypernym) tax
(derivation) duty

The Devil's Dictionary
TARIFF
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
  

Australian Slang
Tariff
rate

hEnglish - advanced version
tariff

tariff
\tar"iff\ (?), n. a tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a


  similar words(5) 




 retaliatory tariff 
 a projective tariff 
 protective tariff 
 revenue tariff 
 tariff for revenue 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
tariff
taraif

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Maeldoll
Maeldoll = n. the tariff



The 'Lectric Law Library
Tariff
Customs, duties, toll or tribute payable upon merchandise to the general government is called tariff; the rate of customs, etc. also bears this name and the list of articles liable to duties is also called the tariff.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.


Tariff Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

EIA Energy Glossary
Tariff
A published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied.

Energy Glossary
TARIFF
A document, approved by the responsible regulatory agency,listing the terms and conditions, including a schedule of prices, under which utility services will be provided.

Dictionary of Automotive Terms
Tariff
A duty or tax imposed on imports.

Telecommunication Standard Terms
tariff
The published schedule of rates or charges for a specific unit of equipment, facility, or type of service such as might be provided by a telecommunications common carrier.

RF Electronics
Tariff
The formal process whereby services and rates are established by and for communications common carriers. Tariffs are submitted by carriers for government regulatory review, possible amendment, and final approval.


Tariff Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

US Zip Codes
25281
State: WEST VIRGINIA
City: TARIFF


Tariff Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Economics Glossary
Tariff
A tax on imports.

A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
Tariff
A tax imposed on goods imported from outside the country that is not imposed on similar goods from within the country. Import tariffs may be levied on an ad valorem basis, i.e., as a certain percentage of the estimated market value of the imported item; or on a "specific" basis, i.e., as a fixed dollar amount per unit imported. Import tariffs (or "duties") may be imposed mainly for the purpose of raising revenues because they are relatively cheap and easy taxes for a small or poorly organized government to collect, but more usually in developed industrial societies they represent a tiny fraction of revenues and are imposed primarily for other reasons of economic policy. "Protective" tariffs allow domestic producers of the good in question an artificial competitive advantage over their foreign competitors (largely at the expense of domestic consumers of these products) by making it impossible for the foreign producer to sell his goods as cheaply as he otherwise would -- thus allowing favored domestic producers to enjoy higher prices, a bigger market share, and bigger profits.
[See also: tax, taxation , protectionism ]


Tariff Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Tariff
A general term for any listing of rates or charges. The tariffs most frequently encountered in foreign trade are: tariffs of international transportation companies operating on sea, land, and in the air; tariffs of international cable, radio, and telephone companies; and the customs tariffs of the various countries that list goods that are duty free and those subject to import duty, giving the rate of duty in each case. There are various classes of customs duties.

Tariff (Trf.)
A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.


Tariff Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Tariff
For other uses of this word, see tariff (disambiguation).
A tariff is a tax on foreign goods upon importation. When a ship arrives in port a customs officer inspects the contents and charges a tax according to the tariff formula. Since the goods cannot be landed until the tax is paid, it is the easiest tax to collect, and the cost of collection is small. Traders seeking to evade tariffs are known as smugglers.

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