Zollverein

[ tsawl-fer-ahyn; English tsawl-fuh-rahyn ]

noun
  1. (in the 19th century) a union of German states for the maintenance of a uniform tariff on imports from other countries, and of free trading among themselves.

  2. any similar union or arrangement between a number of states; customs union.

Origin of Zollverein

1
1835–45; <German, equivalent to Zoll custom, duty, tariff + Verein union

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Zollverein

/ German (ˈtsɔlfɛrˌain) /


noun
  1. the customs union of German states organized in the early 1830s under Prussian auspices

Origin of Zollverein

1
C19: from Zoll tax, toll ² + Verein union

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