Look up: 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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   tariff
   [v] - charge a tariff, as for imported goods
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   tariff
   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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   Tariff
   Taxes generally on goods imported into a country.
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   tariff
   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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   Tariff
   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
   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 Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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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 schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff ; a protective ...
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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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    Tariff
    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 a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of retaliatory tariff .
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    Tariff
    A `tariff` is a tax on 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. Tariffs may be of various kinds: * An ``ad valorem` tariff` is a percentage of the value of the ite...
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    Tariff
    • (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. • (v. t.) To make a list of duties on, as go...
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    tariff
    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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    tariff
    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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    Tariff
    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
    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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