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Webster 1913 Edition
Octroi
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Ocˊtroi′
,Noun.
[F.]
1.
A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
2.
A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.
[Written also
octroy
.]