douanen.
/duːˈɑːn/, /dwan/, U.S. /ˈdwɑn/ A custom-house (in France or the Mediterranean countries).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth
tollbooth13..
custom housea1400
toll-housec1440
dogana1605
douane1656
scale1682
excise-office1698
sayer choky1751
toll-shop1789
toll-office1841
chop-house1882
naka1984
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dovane..the name of the Custom-house of Lyons; hence also any Custom or Import.
1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 25 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania Lions..so tame, that they went up and down our Doüane, or the Christians Warehouse amongst our Antilopes.
1828 H. D. Best Italy 74 The douane of Buffalora I found sufficiently..vexatious.
Derivatives
douanier n. /dwanje/ [French.] A custom-house officer (in France or, by extension, elsewhere).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth > custom-house officer
customary1494
jerquer1706
douanier1739
king's man1814
liquidators of vessels1884
1739 T. Gray Let. 16 Nov. in Corr. (1971) I. 127 The entrance is guarded by certain vigilant dragons, called Douaniers.
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 293 You have even made the douaniers of Dover relent.
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