Duty - Customs - Tariff - Rates
These are ail 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.
PATTERNS
*(a) tax/duty/tariff/rates on sth
*to pay an amount of money in tax/duty/customs/rates
*to pay (a) tax/duty/customs/tariff/rates
*to collect taxes/duties/rates
*to increase/raise/reduce taxes/duty/tariffs/rates
*to cut taxes/duties/rates
*to impose a tax/duty/tariff
*to put a tax/duty on sth
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