cocket C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈkɑkɪt/ UK /ˈkɒkɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a customs seal or sealed document certifying that duty has been paid on goods The merchant produced the cocket to prove his cargo had cleared the port. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a customs seal or sealed... sealdocket Word family Forms coast-cocketcoast-cockets Etymology AI details Of obscure origin, attested in Middle English from Anglo-Norman/medieval Latin coketum; possibly from the opening words of the customs document, but the derivation is uncertain. Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # cocket **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑkɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒkɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a customs seal or sealed document certifying that duty has been paid on goods ## Examples - The merchant produced the cocket to prove his cargo had cleared the port. ## Synonyms - seal - docket ## Etymology Of obscure origin, attested in Middle English from Anglo-Norman/medieval Latin coketum; possibly from the opening words of the customs document, but the derivation is uncertain. ## AI Etymology Cocket is of obscure origin, attested in Middle English from Anglo-Norman/medieval Latin coketum; possibly from the opening words of the customs document, but the derivation is uncertain. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a noun, cocket now means "a customs seal or sealed document certifying that duty has been paid on goods", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown