tariffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtæɹɪf/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtæɹəf/, (Mary–marry–merry merger) /ˈtɛɹəf/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈtæɹəf/

名詞

tariff (plural tariffs)

1. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
   • 2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism:

     For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.

   • 2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:

     Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.

   • 2022 May 8, Katie Lobosco, “Trump’s trade war looms over soybean farmers 4 years later”, in CNN‎:

     It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.

   • 2025 May 23, David Goldman and Clare Duffy, “Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple and says Samsung and other tech companies could be next”, in CNN‎:

     Speaking to press in the Oval Office on Friday after signing executive orders, Trump said the tariff would apply to any phone maker selling devices in the US.

2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.

   Synonym: plan

   Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.

   • 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)

     There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.

3. (British) A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

派生語

動詞

tariff (third-person singular simple present tariffs, present participle tariffing, simple past and past participle tariffed)

1. (transitive) To levy a duty on (something).
   • 2024 December 5, Madison Minges, “Understanding Trump Tariffs 2.0”, in American University‎:

     From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.

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