tariff

«tariff» in Mova's school dictionary: a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tariff, tariffs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country. tree →

2) (UK) A tariff is a list of prices or charges, for example for electricity, phone calls, hotel rooms or trains. tree →

sense in the lessons

In social studies and news, tariffs make imported goods cost more. In everyday UK life, families choose a phone or energy tariff. In maths problems, a tariff can be a percentage added to a price or a rate per unit: «the tariff is 10% on each car».

examples

• The country put a tariff on imported steel. tree →
• Tariffs make foreign goods more expensive in the shops. tree →
• Mum switched to a cheaper phone tariff. tree →
• The hotel tariff is on the board by the door. tree →
• A 10% tariff on a 200 dollar bike adds 20 dollars. tree →
• The electricity tariff is 30p for each unit. tree →

note

Spelled with one r and two f's: tariff. Plural: tariffs. In maths, a tariff of 10% means multiply the price by 10/100 and add it: 200 + 20 = 220.

In the corpora

• Some say tariffs protect home factories and bring jobs back; others say the cost is often passed on to shoppers as higher prices.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tariff» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.