# tariff

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæɹɪf/ · frequency rank #15,290

## Definitions
1. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
3. A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.

## Etymology
From Italian tariffa (“arithmetical table; list of customs duties”), from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf, “notification, explanation”). Equivalent to Portuguese and Spanish tarifa and the French tarif and first attested in 1592.

## Easily confused with
- **tiff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tariff-vs-tiff)
- **Tariq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tariff-vs-tariq)
- **thrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tariff-vs-thrift)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atriff`, `tairff`, `tarfif`, `tarif`, `tarriff`, `traiff`, `ttariff`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tariff