Tariff — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a government tax on imports or exports

charge a tariff

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈæɹɪf/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈaɹɪf/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈaɹɪf/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈæɹɪf/.

Examples

they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries
tariff imported goods

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

duty

Parts of Speech

noun	a government tax on imports or exports “they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries”
verb	charge a tariff “tariff imported goods”

Word Forms

tariff	verb	charge a tariff
tariff	noun	a government tax on imports or exports

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Tarif

eine staatliche Steuer auf Importe oder Exporte

🇫🇷French

tarif

une taxe gouvernementale sur les importations ou les exportations

🇪🇸Spanish

arancel

un impuesto gubernamental sobre las importaciones o exportaciones

🇮🇹Italian

tariffa

una tassa governativa sulle importazioni o sulle esportazioni

🇳🇱Dutch

tarief

een overheidsbelasting op import of export

🇵🇹Portuguese

tarifa

um imposto governamental sobre importações ou exportações

🇷🇺Russian

тариф

государственный налог на импорт или экспорт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टैरिफ़

आयात या निर्यात पर सरकारी कर

🇧🇩Bengali

ট্যারিফ

আমদানি বা রপ্তানির উপর একটি সরকারী কর

🇮🇳Tamil

கட்டணம்

இறக்குமதி அல்லது ஏற்றுமதி மீதான அரசாங்க வரி

🇮🇳Telugu

సుంకం

దిగుమతులు లేదా ఎగుమతులపై ప్రభుత్వ పన్ను

🇮🇳Marathi

दर

आयात किंवा निर्यातीवर सरकारी कर

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટેરિફ

આયાત અથવા નિકાસ પર સરકારી કર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುಂಕ

ಆಮದು ಅಥವಾ ರಫ್ತುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ತೆರಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

താരിഫ്

ഇറക്കുമതി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കയറ്റുമതിയിൽ സർക്കാർ നികുതി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟੈਰਿਫ

ਆਯਾਤ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਰਯਾਤ 'ਤੇ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਟੈਕਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹیرف

درآمدات یا برآمدات پر حکومتی ٹیکس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

关税

政府对进口或出口征税

🇯🇵Japanese

関税

輸出入に対する政府税

🇰🇷Korean

관세

수입 또는 수출에 대한 정부 세금

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thuế quan

thuế của chính phủ đối với hàng nhập khẩu hoặc xuất khẩu

🇹🇭Thai

อัตราภาษี

ภาษีรัฐบาลสำหรับการนำเข้าหรือส่งออก

🇮🇩Indonesian

tarif

pajak pemerintah atas impor atau ekspor

🇵🇭Filipino

taripa

isang buwis ng pamahalaan sa mga pag-import o pag-export

🇲🇾Malay

tarif

cukai kerajaan ke atas import atau eksport

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التعريفة الجمركية

ضريبة حكومية على الواردات أو الصادرات

🇮🇷Persian

تعرفه

مالیات دولتی بر واردات یا صادرات

🇹🇷Turkish

tarife

ithalat veya ihracata uygulanan bir devlet vergisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַעֲרִיף

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