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octroi

Meaninggrant

Common meaning: local tax on goods entering a town

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchotroier‘grant’source
  2. Frenchoctroisource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgrant → local tax on goods entering a townoctroi‘local tax on goods entering a town’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French otroier ‘grant’.

Roots

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