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    🔑 cus·tomsBrE /ˈkʌstəmz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʌstəmz/ 🔊 noun [plural] 🔑 (usually Customs) (BrE also ˌRevenue and ˈCustoms) the government department that collects taxes on goods bought and sold and on goods brought into the country, and that checks what is brought in （政府部门）海关◆French Customs have arrested two men.法国海关逮捕了两名男子。◆a customs officer海关官员 HELP NAmE uses a singular verb with customs in this meaning. 美式英语 customs 作此义时使用单数动词。🔑 the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country （港口或机场的）海关◆to go through customs and passport control通过海关和交验护照🔑 the taxes that must be paid to the government when goods are brought in from other countries 关税；进口税◆to pay customs on sth为某物缴纳关税◆customs duty/duties 进口税<titled tranID="23" status="1">tax</titled>duty ◇ customs ◇ tariff ◇ rates

    These are all words for money that you have to pay to the government. 以上各词均指税款。

    • tax money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services 指税、税款：◆income tax 所得税◆tax cuts 减税
    • duty a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country 指购物税项，尤指进口货物缴纳的关税：◆The company has to pay customs duties on all imports. 该公司须为所有进口货物缴纳关税。
    • customs tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries 指关税、进口税
    • 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 指（为使国内工业免遭廉价进口商品冲击而征收的）关税：◆A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports. 国外进口货物当时按普通税率征税。
    • 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 指（英国地方政府征收的）房地产税、房产税：◆Business rates are very high in the city centre. 市中心的商业房产税非常高。

    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
      ➡  compare excise1


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