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单词 tariff
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tariff

1 of 2

noun

tar·​iff ˈter-əf How to pronounce tariff (audio)
ˈta-rəf
1
a
: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
b
: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
2
: a schedule of rates or charges of a business or a public utility
3
: price, charge

tariff

2 of 2

verb

tariffed; tariffing; tariffs

transitive verb

: to subject to a tariff

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The conversation also comes as Biden’s national security and economic aides near the completion of a review of U.S. tariff policy and prepare to make recommendations to the president. Aamer Madhani, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022 Experience since 2018 shows that a simple, comprehensive tariff policy limiting the penetration of subsidized Chinese solar products can support the healthy growth of the U.S. industry. WSJ, 30 May 2022 The company expects the average tariff to increase 6% by July 2022. David Trainer, Forbes, 5 July 2022 The legislation backed by the parliament on Wednesday broadens a previous proposal for the tariff to include some chemical makers. Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 22 June 2022 But the Trump administration included solar hardware in its tariff war with the country. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022 Senators Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, and Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, have proposed a carbon tariff on imports from countries that are doing less than the United States to stem climate change. New York Times, 20 July 2022 The bloc is considering the option of combining a gradual phaseout of oil purchases with more immediate measures to reduce demand or cut payments to Moscow, such as a price cap or a tariff on oil imports. Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022 Still, a tariff on southeast Asia would need to be quite high to compensate for the currencies there that trade at pennies on the dollar. Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
Verb
But Trump’s main strategy for obtaining better trade deals has been to tariff other countries into submission. Tom Benning, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020 In public, Chinese officials call Mr Trump’s tariffs self-defeating and stress their country’s economic resilience. The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020 If Trump continues to tariff Chinese goods, the real losers will be the American consumers, manufacturers and farmers who will bear the costs. Leo Hindery Jr. For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019 Thus, American retailers and consumers will likely not get stuck with the extra cost for those goods tariffed in December. James D. Schultz For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019 Chief Executive Officer Martin Wong said his company, a rival to Inventec, has also shifted some notebook lines to Taiwan and was considering investing more in Vietnam should tariff-conflicts persist. Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019 Fifty-three-foot shipping containers are essential for trucking and rail transportation, and big companies like J.B Hunt and CSX said that tariffing them would make all kinds of freight shipments more expensive. Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2019 The Buffalo plant may be the latest indicator that tariffs on steel imports imposed by President Donald Trump are giving a lending hand to the U.S. steel industry. Erin Douglas, Houston Chronicle, 23 July 2019 Which means the primary beneficiary of the Trump administration’s proposal to tariff Chinese tennis balls will likely be … a Chinese company. Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, 30 June 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Italian tariffa, from Arabic taʽrīf notification

First Known Use

Noun

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

circa 1828, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tariff

noun

tar·​iff ˈter-əf How to pronounce tariff (audio)
1
: a list of taxes placed by a government on goods coming into a country
2
: the tax or the rate of taxation set up in a tariff list

Legal Definition

tariff

noun

tar·​iff ˈtar-əf How to pronounce tariff (audio)
1
a
: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
b
: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
2
: a document filed with the appropriate government agency that sets forth the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished by a business (as a carrier) or public utility

History and Etymology for tariff

Italian tariffa, from Arabic taʽrīf notification

tariff

noun

as in tax
a payment that must be made to the government in order to import or export certain goods The Townshend Acts, which imposed a tariff on many goods imported to North America, indirectly led to the American Revolution.

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