how to pronounce tariff

/ˈtæɹ.ɪf/

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tariff is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tariff in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… escalation tariff use it as a strategic …”

meaning of tariff

Tariff is a tax on imports.

tariff frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word tariff occurs in english on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tariff can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tariff can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;