n.
- a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
- a table of the fixed charges made by a business, especially in a hotel or restaurant.
- Law a scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities.
v.
fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.
Etymology
C16: via Fr. from Ital. tariffa, based on Arab. ‘arrafa ‘notify’.