octroi

English

Etymology

French octroi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒkˈtɹɔɪ/

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.

Related terms

• octroy

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• orotic

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tʁwa/

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Noun

octroi m (plural octrois)

1. grant, granting; concession

Further reading

• “octroi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.