These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for sth. 以上各词均指所收取或付出的费用。

• rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for sth 指所索取或付出的价格、费用：◆a low hourly rate of pay 按小时支付的低报酬◆interest rates 利率
• charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services 指商品或服务的要价、收费：◆an admission charge 入场费
• fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization 指专业服务费、咨询费、学费、会费：◆legal fees 诉讼费◆an annual membership fee 年度会费
• rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room 指房屋租金 NOTE In American English, rent can be used to mean rental. 在美式英语中，rent 可用以表示 rental（租金）：◆The weekly rent on the car was over $300. 这辆汽车每周的租金是 300 多美元。
• fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule 指罚金、罚款：◆a parking fine 违规停车罚款
• fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc. 指乘坐公共汽车、飞机、出租车等的费用
• toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge 指道路、桥梁的通行费
• rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use sth for a particular period of time 指租金

rent or rental? 用 rent 还是 rental？

• In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items. 在英式英语中，rent 只指房屋租金，其他物品的租金用 rental。在美式英语中，rent 可指以上两种租金；但指其他物品的租金时，较常用 rental。

Patterns

• (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for sth
• (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on sth
• at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
• for a charge/fee
• to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
• to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental

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