Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

关税

Chinese translation:

Customs duty

Added to glossary by Telma Carvalho
Oct 1, 2011 09:54
12 yrs ago
English term

关税

English to Chinese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
请问关税有哪几种翻译方法?
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Oct 15, 2011 05:19: Telma Carvalho Created KOG entry

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Customs duty

Customs duty, tariff, maybe import tax, it quite dempends on context. But customs duty is often used.
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agree Kin Yeung Lam : I agree with these usuages and the fact that it depends on context
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agree Mei Reynaud : Agree and somtimes customs dues, impost, tariff, trade barrier may also be used .
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agree Helen Li
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duty; customs; tariff

duty
customs
tariff
rates

These are all words for money that you have to pay to the government.

tax: money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services: income tax ◇ tax cuts

duty: a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country: The company has to pay customs duties on all imports.

customs: tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries

tariff: a tax that is paid on goods coming into or going out of a country, often in order to protect industry from cheap imports: A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports.

rates: (in Britain) a tax paid by businesses to a local authority for land and buildings that they use, and in the past also paid by anyone who owned a house: Business rates are very high in the city centre.

Choose a word from above according to the context.
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/t...

牛津高阶英语双解词典
duty:
3. [C, U] ~ (on sth) tax charged on certain goods, esp on imports (某些货物, 尤指进口货物交纳的)税; 关税: customs/excise duties 关税[消费税]. Cf 参看 tariff 2.

customs: [pl]
1. taxes payable to the Government on goods imported from other countries; import duties 进口税; 关税: pay customs on sth 为某物缴纳进口税.

tariff:
2. duty to be paid on imports or (less often) exports 进出口货物(较少指出口货物)关税: [attrib 作定语] raise tariff barriers against foreign goods 削减进口税.
Example sentence:

customs duty 关税; tariff关税

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