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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tariff

/tĕr'-əf/ · Tar·iff · IPA /ˈtæɹəf/
01 n. A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a pro…
  1. 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 tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
  2. 2.
    The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
  3. 3.
    Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.
02 v. t. To make a list of duties on, as goods.
imp. & p. p. Tariffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing
  1. 1.
    To make a list of duties on, as goods.