octroi
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French octroi,[1] from Middle French octroy, alteration of Old French otroi, from otroier (“to grant”), from Late Latin auctōrizāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]octroi (plural octrois)
- (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.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “octroi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “'ɔktrwɑː [-trwɔː]”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)[1], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 316.
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French octroy, alteration of Old French otroi, from otroier (“to grant”), from Late Latin auctōrizāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]octroi m (plural octrois)
Further reading
[edit]- “octroi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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