[tar.iff] n [It tariffa, fr. Ar ta'rif notification] (1592) 1 a: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods b: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
2: a schedule of rates or charges of a business or a public utility
3: price, charge
[2]tariff vt (ca. 1828): to subject to a tariff