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tariffa

rate, tariff, fare

noun tah-REEF-fah Less Common

Origin: Arabic 'ta'rīfa' (notification, price list), via Spanish 'tarifa.'

Usage Note

Tariffa covers pricing in transport, utilities, and services: tariffa aerea (airfare), tariffa telefonica (phone rate), tariffa doganale (customs duty). It entered Italian via Spanish from Arabic, and its Arabic origin is one of the more traceable borrowings in the business vocabulary.

Examples

"La tariffa notturna è più alta."

Natural Translation

The night rate is higher.

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