Synonyms for tariffs


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tar-if
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtær ɪf

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Définition of tariffs

Origin :
  • 1590s, "arithmetical table," from Italian tariffa, Medieval Latin tarifa "list of prices, book of rates," from Arabic ta'rif "information, notification, inventory of fees to be paid," verbal noun from arafa "to make known." Meaning "official list of customs duties on imports or exports" is from 1590s; sense of "classified list of charges made in a business" is recorded from 1757.
  • noun tax or fee
Example sentences :
  • The tariffs are fixed by the state, are uniform and can be reduced by the state.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • Literary criticism, armaments, tariffs, manners—there was no end to it.
  • Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
  • Others say, bounties, tariffs, all these things may have been overdone.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Better abolish your tariffs, stop your factories and buy at our shops.
  • Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley
  • But the Republicans are also the party of Tariffs, and are at least accused of being the party of Trusts.
  • Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They juggle with the tariffs and the license question, because it helps them.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • She was forbidden to set up any tariffs for her own protection.
  • Extract from : « The Problem of Foreign Policy » by Gilbert Murray
  • But we cannot recognise in his tariffs any thing of a consistent plan.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848 » by Various
  • Industries are forced into an earlier diversification by tariffs.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
  • Is granting patents an interference with trade similar to tariffs?
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter

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