■ noun
1》 a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
2》 a table of the fixed charges made by a business, especially in a hotel or restaurant.
3》 Law a scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities.
■ verb fix the price of (something) according to a ~.
Origin
C16: via Fr. from Ital. ~a , based on Arab. ῾arrafa 'notify'.