octroi
/ˈɒktrwɑː
/noun (plural octrois)
A duty levied in some countries on various goods entering a town or city.Feng applied for control of the octroi levied on goods entering Beijing....
- It was later found that the proposal would merely save the Parwanoo-based industrialists their octroi duty at the state's barrier.
- Other indirect taxes were the ferme de l'equivalent and various municipal octrois.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French octroyer 'to grant', based on medieval Latin auctorizare (see authorize). Current senses date from the early 18th century.
- government billet
- government bond
- government bore
- government cheese
- government contractor
- government corporation
- government employee
- governmentese
- government-funded
- Government-General
- government handout
- Government House
- government issue
- government man
- government office
- government official
- government paper
- government securities
- government station
- government stock
- government stroke
- government surplus
- government valuation
- governmentwide
- government–binding