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Tariff vs Vat - What's the difference?

tariff | vat |

In transitive terms the difference between tariff and vat

is that tariff is to levy a duty on (something while vat is to blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.

tariff

English

Noun

(wikipedia tariff) (en noun)
  • 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
  • Derived terms

    * tariffless

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to levy a duty on (something)
  • vat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
  • A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
  • (Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
  • (dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)
  • Verb

    (vatt)
  • To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.
  • Anagrams

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