rāˈzhē, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Etymology: French régie, from Middle French regie government, jurisdiction, from regir to rule, from Latin regere
1.
a. : a government monopoly (as on tobacco or salt) used chiefly as a means of taxation
b. : tobacco or tobacco products bought or supplied by agents of such a monopoly
a regie cigarette
2. : direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account as distinguished from a system under which such public business is done under contract
3. : the system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds as distinguished from the system of farming them out