octroi

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: oc=troi

CIDE DICTIONARY

octroi, n. [F.].

•  A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.  [1913 Webster]
•  A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

octroi, n.
1 a duty levied in some European countries on goods entering a town.
2 a the place where this is levied. b the officials by whom it is levied.

Etymology

F f. octroyer grant, f. med.L auctorizare: see AUTHORIZE

ROGET THESAURUS

octroi

Price

N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.