Meaning of octroy | Babel Free
Definitions
To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
Examples
“This is only, as usual, making an individual the scapegoat of an epoch! It is given to no man to octroy the liberty of peoples.”
“Meanwhile, however, preparations were already being made by the imperial court to impose the octroyed constitution (composed by the Interior Minister, Count Franz Stadion) on March 4, 1849, and to dissolve the Parliament on March 7.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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