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It's perfectly acceptable British English. 21 occurrences of "tariff" on one of British Gas' pages: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/off-peak-electri
by Symbiote 2y ago
It's perfectly acceptable British English.
21 occurrences of "tariff" on one of British Gas' pages: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/off-peak-electricity.html https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/off-peak-electric... ("Your energy provider may offer time of use tariffs and cheaper night-time electricity rates.")
- crazygringo 2y agoGood to know, so it's an American vs. British thing. Thanks! Is there any further distinction between a "tariff" and a "rate" in British English? The example sentence you provide uses both, which makes me wonder if there's even more to the picture here.
- Symbiote 2y agoWithout checking, my feeling is a "tariff" is the whole contracted agreement, and a "rate" is a part of it. An EV electricity tariff might have a cheap night rate, and a more expensive day rate. Another tariff might be entirely variable rate (price changes every hour). Wiktionary defines a tariff as "A schedule of rates, fees or prices." so I think my feeling is correct.
- kccqzy 2y agoIt's not really that. On PG&E's website it also uses the word tariff to refer to prices for electricity and gas. https://www.pge.com/tariffs/en.html https://www.pge.com/tariffs/en.html