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# tariff

noun (a tariff, tariffs)

«tariff» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#m1)
2. (UK) A tariff is a list of prices or charges, for example for electricity, phone calls, hotel rooms or trains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x1)
- Tariffs make foreign goods more expensive in the shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x2)
- Mum switched to a cheaper phone tariff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x3)
- The hotel tariff is on the board by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x4)
- A 10% tariff on a 200 dollar bike adds 20 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x5)
- The electricity tariff is 30p for each unit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tariff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tariff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tariff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tariff.html) on Mova free.