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zollverein

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Zoll⋅ver⋅ein

  [tsawl-fer-ahyn; Eng. tsawl-fuh-rahyn]
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–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:
1835–45; < G, equiv. to Zoll custom, duty, tariff + Verein union
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zollverein 
1843, from Ger., lit. "customs union," from Zoll "toll" (see toll) + Verein "union," from vereinen "to unite," from ein "one."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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