Tariff vs Payment - What's the difference?
tariff | payment |
a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves
a schedule of rates, fees or prices
(British) a sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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As nouns the difference between tariff and payment
is that tariff is a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves while payment is (uncountable) the act of paying.As a verb tariff
is to levy a duty on (something).tariff
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(wikipedia tariff) (en noun)Derived terms
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}