thelony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A toll or custom required from travelling merchants as a tax on doing business.

Word forms

thelony

Etymology

From Latin telōnium, from Ancient Greek τελώνῐον (telṓnĭon, “custom house”), from τέλος (télos, “due, tax, toll”).

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