octroin.

Brit.

/ˈɒktrwɑː/, U.S.

/ɑkˈtrwɑ/

Forms: 1600s–1700s octroy, 1700s octroit, 1800s– octroi; also Scottish pre-1700 octroye.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French octroy.

Etymology: < Middle French octroy (14th cent.; French octroi ), alteration of Old French, Middle French otroi ottroye n. after octroyer octroy v.

†1. A concession, a grant; a privilege granted by a government, esp. an exclusive right of trade or other commercial privilege. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > privilege or exceptional right > franchise or privilege of individual or corporation

freedomeOE

franchise1387

privilegec1390

monopoly1578

octroi1578

concession1837

1578 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 63 That we ar besy solistand for the exemption of the sam..awayting daylie for our commissioner with the octroye or ordinance of the sam.

1614 W. Colwall in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 151 Those merchants..much importune the Lords for octroy to make a company. He answered me, that they purposed..not as yet to grant any octroy.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5920/1 They may obtain an Octroy or Grant for 15 Years.

1855 W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 321 The octroi was obtained..for a brick and tile machine, granted to the grandson of Napoleon's marshal, for the exclusive making of bricks..throughout..Netherland India.

a. A duty or tax levied on certain goods on their entering a town.Originally used of duties levied in this way in France; later also used with reference to other countries, mainly in Europe but also particularly in French colonies in India.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on goods brought into a town

skewing1312

scavage1444

shewage1500

octroi1714

1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 25 Duties called the Octroits, in the City of Roan, upon Sugar, Wax, and Tobacco.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. v. 416 An octroi cannot produce a large revenue, without pressing severely upon the labouring classes of the towns.

1862 N. Amer. Rev. July 214 The octroi and the water tax, which are local and municipal,..meet the special expenses of the city governments [in Utah].

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ I. xviii. 280 The octroi at the gates of towns.

1938 Polit. Sci. Q. 53 262 A basic reform of communal finances removed the local octroi.

1990 Times of India 17 May 20 Not only the sales tax but even the octroi differed from city to city.

b. The point at which goods are examined for liability to this duty; the body of officials responsible for this.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > toll-barrier

bar1540

turnpike1678

sidebar1760

toll-gate1773

barrier1804

toll-bar1813

pike1820

octroi1861

pay wicket1895

péage1973

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > collector of duty on goods > collector of specific duties > body of

octroi1861

1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia iii. 41 At the octroi our driver gave out his destination.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 25 This is the criminal Saint-Rambertese Who smuggled in tobacco, half-a-pound! The Octroi found it out and fined the wretch.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker iv. 59 In less than an hour and a half we were..stretching our legs up the hill from Fontainebleau octroi, bound for Barbizon.

1940 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 12 12 In 1801..Lu-k'ang had become assistant superintendent..of the Hatamên octroi.

1981 J. M. Merriman French Cities 19th Cent. 35 Daily incidents occurred at the octroi as peasants and townspeople..refused to pay taxes.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 162/1 While the octroi officers were making their usual searches, the officer of the gendarmerie..hastened to the Prefecture of Police.

1865 Day of Rest Oct. 582 Articles liable to the town or octroi tax.

1884 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 142 The octroi duties are very mischievous and vexing.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula xxvi. 361 There are, or there might be, customs and octroi officers to pass.

1953 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 47 63 The [Italian] Constitution..reestablishes the institutions of the former octroi constitution that Carlo Alberto of Savoy gave his people in 1848 and that became effective throughout Italy.

1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 23/2 Kania said that instead of abolishing the octroi duty, the government has introduced this new additional one with all the vices associated with the octroi duty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octroi
释义	octroin. Brit. /ˈɒktrwɑː/, U.S. /ɑkˈtrwɑ/ Forms: 1600s–1700s octroy, 1700s octroit, 1800s– octroi; also Scottish pre-1700 octroye. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French octroy. Etymology: < Middle French octroy (14th cent.; French octroi ), alteration of Old French, Middle French otroi ottroye n. after octroyer octroy v. †1. A concession, a grant; a privilege granted by a government, esp. an exclusive right of trade or other commercial privilege. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > privilege or exceptional right > franchise or privilege of individual or corporation freedomeOE franchise1387 privilegec1390 monopoly1578 octroi1578 concession1837 1578 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 63 That we ar besy solistand for the exemption of the sam..awayting daylie for our commissioner with the octroye or ordinance of the sam. 1614 W. Colwall in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 151 Those merchants..much importune the Lords for octroy to make a company. He answered me, that they purposed..not as yet to grant any octroy. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5920/1 They may obtain an Octroy or Grant for 15 Years. 1855 W. M. Gibson Prison of Weltevreden 321 The octroi was obtained..for a brick and tile machine, granted to the grandson of Napoleon's marshal, for the exclusive making of bricks..throughout..Netherland India. 2. a. A duty or tax levied on certain goods on their entering a town.Originally used of duties levied in this way in France; later also used with reference to other countries, mainly in Europe but also particularly in French colonies in India. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on goods brought into a town skewing1312 scavage1444 shewage1500 octroi1714 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 25 Duties called the Octroits, in the City of Roan, upon Sugar, Wax, and Tobacco. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. v. 416 An octroi cannot produce a large revenue, without pressing severely upon the labouring classes of the towns. 1862 N. Amer. Rev. July 214 The octroi and the water tax, which are local and municipal,..meet the special expenses of the city governments [in Utah]. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ I. xviii. 280 The octroi at the gates of towns. 1938 Polit. Sci. Q. 53 262 A basic reform of communal finances removed the local octroi. 1990 Times of India 17 May 20 Not only the sales tax but even the octroi differed from city to city. b. The point at which goods are examined for liability to this duty; the body of officials responsible for this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > toll-barrier bar1540 turnpike1678 sidebar1760 toll-gate1773 barrier1804 toll-bar1813 pike1820 octroi1861 pay wicket1895 péage1973 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > collector of duty on goods > collector of specific duties > body of octroi1861 1861 J. M. Neale Notes on Dalmatia iii. 41 At the octroi our driver gave out his destination. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 25 This is the criminal Saint-Rambertese Who smuggled in tobacco, half-a-pound! The Octroi found it out and fined the wretch. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker iv. 59 In less than an hour and a half we were..stretching our legs up the hill from Fontainebleau octroi, bound for Barbizon. 1940 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 12 12 In 1801..Lu-k'ang had become assistant superintendent..of the Hatamên octroi. 1981 J. M. Merriman French Cities 19th Cent. 35 Daily incidents occurred at the octroi as peasants and townspeople..refused to pay taxes. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 162/1 While the octroi officers were making their usual searches, the officer of the gendarmerie..hastened to the Prefecture of Police. 1865 Day of Rest Oct. 582 Articles liable to the town or octroi tax. 1884 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 142 The octroi duties are very mischievous and vexing. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xxvi. 361 There are, or there might be, customs and octroi officers to pass. 1953 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 47 63 The [Italian] Constitution..reestablishes the institutions of the former octroi constitution that Carlo Alberto of Savoy gave his people in 1848 and that became effective throughout Italy. 1992 Sunday Times of India 19 Apr. 23/2 Kania said that instead of abolishing the octroi duty, the government has introduced this new additional one with all the vices associated with the octroi duty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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