octroi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French octroi

Noun

octroi (plural octrois)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for octroi in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Middle French octroy, alteration of Old French otroi, from otroier (“to grant”), from Late Latin auctorizare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔktʁwa/

Noun

octroi m (plural octrois)

  1. grant, granting; concession

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