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Octroi   Listen
noun
Octroi  n.  
1.
A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
2.
A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. (Written also octroy)





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"Octroi" Quotes from Famous Books



... value &c. 812a. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess[obs3], sess[obs3], tallage[obs3], levy; abkari[obs3]; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [obs3][U.S.], likin[obs3]; gabel[obs3], gabelle[obs3]; gavel, octroi[obs3], custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment[obs3], ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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