1a. A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods. b. A duty or duties so imposed. 2. A schedule of prices or fees.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: tar·iffed, tar·iff·ing, tar·iffs To fix a duty or price on.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian tariffa, from Old Italian, from Arabic tarf, notification, infinitive of arrafa, to announce, derived stem of arafa, to know. See crp in Appendix II.