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Good 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 s
by crazygringo 2y ago
Good 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