octroi 的定义
plural oc·trois [ok-troiz; French awk-trwa]. /ˈɒk trɔɪz; French ɔkˈtrwa/.
- a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- the place at which such a tax is collected.
- the officials collecting it.
- the act of a sovereign in granting to subjects a constitution or other charter.
更多octroi例句
- These localities were free as regards customs duties, although dues of the nature of octroi charges were often levied.
- A few duties are, however, levied, which are really octroi rather than customs charges.
- Then they will probably ask to see our papers at the octroi?
- The octroi officials looked curiously at the shuffling, stooping figure as he went by, and one of them laughed.
- The octroi, in its present form, is a comparatively modern institution.