Duty vs. Tariff

Dutynoun

That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

Dutynoun

A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.

Dutynoun

Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.

Dutynoun

A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

Dutynoun

(obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

Dutynoun

(obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

Dutynoun

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Dutynoun

That which is due; payment.

Dutynoun

That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

Dutynoun

Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

Dutynoun

Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

Dutynoun

Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

Dutynoun

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

Dutynoun

Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

Dutynoun

work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons;

Dutynoun

the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force;

Dutynoun

a government tax on imports or exports;

Duty

A duty (from meaning Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence ) is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise. A duty may arise from a system of ethics or morality, especially in an honor culture.

Tariffnoun

A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

Tariffnoun

A schedule of rates, fees or prices.

Tariffnoun

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

Tariffverb

(transitive) to levy a duty on (something)

Tariffnoun

A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).

Tariffnoun

The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.

Tariffnoun

Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.

Tariffverb

To make a list of duties on, as goods.

Tariffnoun

a government tax on imports or exports;

Tariffverb

charge a tariff;

Tariff

A tariff is a tax imposed by a government of a country or of a supranational union on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue for the government, import duties can also be a form of regulation of foreign trade and policy that taxes foreign products to encourage or safeguard domestic industry.