different between excisetax vs tariff

English

Etymology

From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (ta'rife), from Persian ?????? (ta'refe), from Arabic ?????????? (ta?rifa, “tariff, rate”), from the root ? ? ?? (?-r-f).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /?tæ??f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t???f/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?tæ??f/

Noun

tariff (plural tariffs)

1. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
3. (Britain) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

Derived terms

• non-tariff, nontariff
• tariff barrier
• tariffless

Translations

Verb

tariff (third-person singular simple present tariffs, present participle tariffing, simple past and past participle tariffed)

1. (transitive) to levy a duty on (something)

Translations

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic ????????? (ta?r?f)

Noun

tariff m (definite singular tariffen, indefinite plural tariffer, definite plural tariffene)

1. tariff, scale, table of rates or charges
2. wage scale, wage agreement

Derived terms

• tariffavtale

References

• “tariff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic ????????? (ta?r?f)

Noun

tariff m (definite singular tariffen, indefinite plural tariffar, definite plural tariffane)

1. tariff, scale, table of rates or charges
2. wage scale, wage agreement

Derived terms

• tariffavtale

References

• “tariff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.