tariff

Etymology

From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه (ta'rife), from Persian تعرفه (ta'refe), from Arabic تَعْرِفَة (taʕrifa, “tariff, rate”), from the root ع ر ف (ʕ-r-f).

noun

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.
   There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers. 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)
3. (Britain) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

verb

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