cess vs tariff

cess

noun
  • An assessed tax, duty, or levy. 

  • Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. 

  • The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage. 

verb
  • To levy a cess. 

tariff

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. 

  • A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime. 

verb
  • to levy a duty on (something) 

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