Tariff
Meaning of Tariff
A tax on imports or exports; a list of fixed charges.
ما معنى كلمة Tariff بالعربي؟
رسوم جمركية
💰📊 رسوم جمركية تُفرض على البضائع المُستوردة أو المُصدرة عبر الحدود الدولية؛ ضريبة تجارية تُطبق على السلع والخدمات لحماية الصناعات المحلية؛ جدول أسعار مُحدد للخدمات المُختلفة كالفنادق والمواصلات والاتصالات؛ نظام تسعيرة يُنظم التبادل التجاري بين الدول والمؤسسات المُختلفة؛ آلية مالية للتحكم في حجم التجارة وتوجيه السوق الاقتصادي 📊💼
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Tariff in a sentence
Tariff changes affected equipment costs in the lab.
A tariff rise squeezed margins.
Tariff classifications are set by customs law.
Students explain a tariff in economics.
Origin of Tariff
From Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta'rif 'notification'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, tariff affects supply costs. GL budgets include tariff risk.
Tariff audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: A tax at the border, a list of prices, a rate to pay — one word for the cost of crossing.
Narrator: Tariff. Phonetically: TARR-iff. IPA: /ˈtærɪf/.
Narrator: It is a noun. A tariff is a tax or duty paid on goods coming into a country.
Narrator: Governments use tariffs to control trade and raise money on imports and exports.
Narrator: The word comes from Arabic ta'rif, meaning a notification or list of prices.
Narrator: It travelled through Italian and French into English as a published list of charges.
Narrator: Over time it gained a second everyday sense — a fixed scale of charges or rates.
Narrator: Your phone tariff or energy tariff is simply the price plan you pay for a service.
Narrator: So tariff covers both border taxes and the rate plans of daily life.
Narrator: It is a precise, businesslike word, common in trade, news, and household bills.
Narrator: Register: neutral and formal — common in economics, trade, and everyday pricing.
Narrator: A tariff is the published rate you pay — at a border, or for a service plan.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: My new phone tariff is much cheaper than the old one I was on.
Speaker B: That's the everyday sense — a tariff, the fixed rate plan you pay for a service.
Speaker A: Exactly. I switched because the data tariff suited me far better.
Speaker B: Sensible. There's the trade sense too — the government raised the tariff on imported steel.
Speaker A: Right — there a tariff is a tax on goods coming into the country.
Speaker B: Precisely. So the word covers both border taxes and service price plans.
Speaker A: What's the difference between a tariff and a tax?
Speaker B: A tax is general, on income or goods. A tariff is specifically a tax charged on imports or exports.
Speaker A: So all tariffs are taxes, but not all taxes are tariffs.
Speaker B: Exactly. And tariff is close to duty too.
Speaker A: How do those differ?
Speaker B: They're nearly the same. Duty is the older word; tariff often means the whole schedule of rates.
Speaker A: Any common mistake?
Speaker B: Spelling. One r, two f's — T-A-R-I-F-F. Easy to flip them around.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today we use tariff in AI development prompts — it's a precise word for pricing tiers, rate plans, and charge schedules.
Speaker B: Tariff is perfect for billing features — a tariff is a clear rate plan, so it keeps pricing logic well-structured.
Speaker B: First — pricing page.
Speaker B: Prompt one.
Speaker B: Three clear tariffs tells the AI exactly the tiered pricing structure you want.
Speaker A: Three clear tariffs side by side — that frames pricing cleanly. Memorable.
Speaker B: Database design now.
Speaker B: Prompt two.
Speaker A: A tariff table you can extend without code changes — flexible billing. Practical.
Speaker B: Utility app prompt.
Speaker B: Prompt three.
Speaker A: An app that finds the cheapest tariff for their usage — genuinely useful. Smart.
Speaker B: Calculation prompt.
Speaker B: Prompt four.
Speaker A: A clear bill breakdown from the tariff — transparency users always appreciate.
Speaker B: Admin prompt.
Speaker B: Prompt five.
Speaker A: An admin screen that protects tariffs customers are still on — sensible safeguard.
Speaker B: Final — migration prompt.
Speaker B: Prompt six.
Speaker A: Fair prorating when changing tariff — exactly how upgrades should feel. Reliable.
Speaker B: Use tariff in prompts whenever you mean pricing tiers, rate plans, or charge schedules. Precise, businesslike, and easy to recall.
Frequently asked questions about Tariff
What does Tariff mean?
A tax on imports or exports; a list of fixed charges.
ما معنى كلمة Tariff بالعربي؟
رسوم جمركية — 💰📊 رسوم جمركية تُفرض على البضائع المُستوردة أو المُصدرة عبر الحدود الدولية؛ ضريبة تجارية تُطبق على السلع والخدمات لحماية الصناعات المحلية؛ جدول أسعار مُحدد للخدمات المُختلفة كالفنادق والمواصلات والاتصالات؛ نظام تسعيرة يُنظم التبادل التجاري بين الدول والمؤسسات المُختلفة؛ آلية مالية للتحكم في حجم التجارة وتوجيه السوق الاقتصادي 📊💼
How do you pronounce Tariff?
Tariff is pronounced /ˈtærɪf/ and is used as a noun.
How is Tariff used in a sentence?
Tariff changes affected equipment costs in the lab.
What are synonyms of Tariff?
duty, levy, customs charge, rate, price list, toll.