noun
- Plural of octroy; a tax or duty levied on goods entering a city or town, especially in France and some other countries.
Usage: historical; chiefly French
Examples
- The octrois collected at the city gates provided significant revenue for the municipality.
- Merchants had to pay octrois before their goods could be sold in the market.
- The abolition of octrois in the 19th century reduced trade barriers between regions.
- Historical records show that octrois were a common form of local taxation in medieval Europe.