Oc-troi', n.

(ok-trwä'), n. [Fr. octroi, Pr. autorc, autre(i), Sp. otorga, from Fr. octroyer, to grant; Pr. autorgar, autrejar, Sp. otorgar, Pg. outorgar, O. It. otriare, ottriare, from Lat. auctōrāre, to confirm, from auctor, creator, maker, author.]

1. The exclusive right of trade; a society or guild endowed with the exclusive privilege of trade.
2. A tax levied at the gate of a city on articles of produce brought within the walls.