||Ré`gie" (?), n. [F.]
1. Direct management of public finance or public
works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed
to the contract system.
2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by
officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the
proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them
out.
3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco,
salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are
largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain.
||Ré`gie" (?), n. [F.]
1. Direct management of public finance or public
works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed
to the contract system.
2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by
officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the
proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them
out.
3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco,
salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are
largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain.
