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DictionaryRoot: taʿrīf
Arabic

taʿrīf

notification; inventory of fees

1 / 1
A customs official collects a government levy on imported cargo at an international border, assessing the goods rather than charging the vehicle for passage.
noun / verb

tariff

TAR-if/ˈtærɪf/

An officially prescribed schedule of charges.

Etymology
tariffArabicnotification; inventory of fees

The Arabic noun connected making information known with an inventory of fees to be paid. A tariff was an official table of customs charges, linking the published rates to the tax itself.

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