||Zoll"ve*rein` (?), n. [G., from
zoll duty + verein union.] Literally, a customs
union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions
successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain
German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves
and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.
&fist; In 1834 a zollverein was established which included most of
the principal German states except Austria. This was terminated by the
events of 1866, and in 1867 a more closely organized union was formed,
the administration of which was ultimately merged in that of the new
German empire, with which it nearly corresponds territorially.
||Zoll"ve*rein` (?), n. [G., from
zoll duty + verein union.] Literally, a customs
union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions
successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain
German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves
and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.
&fist; In 1834 a zollverein was established which included most of
the principal German states except Austria. This was terminated by the
events of 1866, and in 1867 a more closely organized union was formed,
the administration of which was ultimately merged in that of the new
German empire, with which it nearly corresponds territorially.
