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re·gie \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 |