thelony

noun

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

   historical, uncountable

   As to thelony, it pleases us to exact old and just thelony from the merchants at bridges, and on ships and at markets. But let new or unjust thelony be not exacted where ropes are stretched or where ships pass under bridges, or in other similar cases in which no aid is lent to the travellers.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry thelony (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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