Meaning | A government tax on imports or exports. |
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Synonym | duty |
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Narrower | countervailing duty | A duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments |
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customs, customs duty, custom, impost | money collected under a tariff |
export duty | A duty imposed on exports |
import duty | A duty imposed on imports |
octroi | A tax on various goods brought into a town |
protective tariff | A tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition |
revenue tariff | A tariff imposed to raise revenue |
tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty | A tax imposed on ships that enter the US |
Broader | indirect tax | A tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations |
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Spanish | arancel, tarifa |
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Catalan | aranzel, tarifa, taxa |
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Verbs | tariff | charge a tariff |
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