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tariff
[v] - charge a tariff, as for imported goods
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The rate of payment for a service, as in, say `the Orange Talk 100 tariff offers 100 bundled minutes of calls for £? per month`. The tariffing process is vital to operators for both marketing and engineering.
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Taxes generally on goods imported into a country.
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Tax or duty placed on goods when they are imported into a country or trading bloc (such as the European Union) from outside. The aim of tariffs is to reduce imports by...
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A new points score system for entry into higher education took effect from September 2002. Some higher education institutions will continue to express their offers in terms of grades.
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Tariff
Tar'iff noun [ French tarif ; confer Spanish & Portuguese tarifa , Italian tariffa ; all from Arabic ta'rīf information, explanation, definition, from 'arafa , to know, to inform, explain.] 1. A schedul...
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Tariff
Tar'iff transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tariffed ; present participle & verbal noun Tariffing .] To make a list of duties on, as goods.
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Tar'iff noun 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 ...
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• (n.) 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....
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tax levied upon goods as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing country. The words tariff, duty, and customs can ... [12 related articles]
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Tariff
A tax on imports or exports.
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Tariff
A tax on trade, usually an import tariff but sometimes used to denote an export tax. Tariffs may be ad valorem or specific.
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[disambiguation] A tariff is a tax on imported or exported goods. A tariff may also refer to: ...
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A tariff may be either tax on imports or exports (trade tariff), or a list or schedule of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage (electrical tariff, etc.). The word comes from the Italian word tariffa "list of prices, book of rates," which is derived from the Arabi...
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a statement setting out the components to be taken into account and the methods to be employed in calculating the amounts to be paid to the supply undertaking by the consumer, according to the characteristics of the supply
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The document filed by a carrier describing their services and the payments to be charged for such services.
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Tariff
An instrument of terms of access normally the imposition of a single or multiple excise rate on a imported good.
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tariff, tax on imported and, more rarely, exported goods. It is also called a customs duty. Tariffs may be distinguished from other taxes in that their predominant purpose is not financial but economic—not to increase a nation's revenue but to protect domestic industries from foreign competiti...
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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.
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Tariff
A tariff is a list of articles upon which duties are charged when exported or imported.
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Tax or duty placed on goods when they are imported into a country or trading bloc (such as the European Union) from outside. The aim of tariffs is to reduce imports by making them more expensive. Organizations such as the EU, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the World Trade Organizati...
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tariff
a schedule of prices/fares
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TARIFF
Duty or tax payable on imports.
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Numerical score given to a move/routine based on the amount of rotation, twist, shape, etc.
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A tax on products imported from foreign countries.
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