Meaning of dasturi | Babel Free

Definitions

A commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.

India

Examples

“In all dealings between natives there is invariably a species of extortion, a sort of dustoory, which is given in all money transactions.”

“By dint of much pleading and cajolery they persuaded the old zemindar to add their money to the sums that he annually deposited with Mr Burnham: for this privilege they were content to pay the Halder estate a ten-percent dasturi on the profits […].”

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