Definitions for octroi

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octroi oc·troi

Spelling: [ok-troi; French awk-trwa

IPA: /ˈɒk trɔɪ; French ɔkˈtrwa/

Octroi is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in octroi (cioort).

Definitions for octroi

noun

1. (formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
2. the place at which such a tax is collected.
3. the officials collecting it.
4. the act of a sovereign in granting to subjects a constitution or other charter.

Origin of octroi

1605-15; French, noun derivative of octroyer to grant, partial Latinization of Old French otreier Medieval Latin auctorizāre; see authorize

Examples for octroi

Ask the octroi, which has imposed a tax of half a franc upon it.

Then they will probably ask to see our papers at the octroi?

He was still working there, behind the octroi wall at the new hospital.

Use the octroi, if you can, to raise wages, or do not use it to raise the price of commodities.

The customs and the octroi, if there be any, have been avoided.

Parisians, let us demand the reform of the octroi; let it be put back to what it was.

(y) There are, or there may be, customs and octroi officers to pass.

(y) There are, or there might be, customs and octroi officers to pass.

The octroi would have no sympathy with my loiterings among their wares.

The octroi of Amiens was re-established on the 3rd of Brumaire next following.