octroi
/ˈɑktrɔɪ/
noun
- A tax or duty paid on goods brought into a town or city.
- The octroi on wine made it expensive to sell in the town market.
- In medieval times, merchants had to pay an octroi to enter the city gates.
- Historians study old octroi records to learn about trade routes.
- The place or office where such a tax is collected.
- Workers at the octroi checked every shipment for taxable goods.
- The old octroi building now serves as a museum.
- The wagon stopped at the octroi at the city border.