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Tariff
The list of items upon which a duty is imposed when they are imported into the United States, together with the rates at which such articles are taxed.
The term tariff is also used in reference to the actual custom or duty payable on such items.
Cross-references
Customs Duties; Import Quotas.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
tariff
the level of punishment imposed or recommended for a criminal offence.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
TARIFF. Customs, duties, toll. or tribute payable upon merchandise to the
general government is called tariff; the rate of customs, &c. also bears
this name and the list of articles liable to duties is also called the
tariff.
2. For the tariff of duties imposed on the importation of foreign
merchandise into the United States.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.