octroi
IPA: ɑktrˈɔɪ
noun
- (historical) A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
- (historical) A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.
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Examples of "octroi" in Sentences
- Maharashtra will abolish octroi soon.
- Next, he obtained a clerkship in the Paris octroi in 1789 doing tax work.
- At the same time the octroi that had been collected at the wall was abolished.