tariff
/ˈtærɪf/noun
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शुल्क, सीमा-शुल्क; दर-सूची
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[C] ~ (on sth)
a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country; a list of fixed prices charged by a hotel, an electricity company
शुल्क, सीमा-शुल्क; दर-सूची
- import tariffs
- electricity tariff
- The government raised the tariff on imported cars.
+ 2 more examples
- Hotels display their room tariff at the reception desk.
- A new tariff on steel made building materials more expensive.
AaSpelling
tar·iff
With one r and double f (not 'tarrif').
अक्सर पूछा जाता है: tar-iff, एक r और दो f ('tarrif' नहीं)।
?Which word?
Keep the tax words together: tariff (on imports or exports), customs duty, excise (on goods made inside a country), levy, toll.
कर के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: tariff (आयात या निर्यात पर), customs duty, excise (देश के भीतर बनी वस्तुओं पर, उत्पाद शुल्क), levy, toll।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Economics GK: tariffs protect domestic industries from cheap imports (protectionism); free trade means trade without tariffs; the WTO (World Trade Organization, 1995) aims to reduce trade barriers.
अर्थशास्त्र GK में tariff घरेलू उद्योगों को सस्ते आयात से बचाता है (संरक्षणवाद); free trade का अर्थ बिना tariff के व्यापार है; WTO (विश्व व्यापार संगठन, 1995) व्यापार बाधाएँ कम करने का लक्ष्य रखता है।