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gabelle

[ guh-bel ]

noun

  1. a tax; excise.
  2. French History. a tax on salt, abolished in 1790.


gabelle

/ ɡæˈbɛl /

noun

  1. French history a salt tax levied until 1790
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Derived Forms

  • gaˈbelled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ga·belled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gabelle1

First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English gabul, gabel (probably confused with gavel 2 ), from Middle French, from Italian gabella, from Arabic qabālah “tax, receipt”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gabelle1

C15: from Old Italian gabella , from Arabic qabālah tribute, from qabala he received
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Example Sentences

Gabelle, word of German origin (gabe), originally applied to all taxes, came to signify only the tax on salt.

The Gabelle, which led to several rebellions, was not abolished until the Revolution .

By means of a draft on the receiver of taxes and the gabelle officer of the town, two hundred golden saluts were paid for it.

These imposts and that of the gabelle were henceforth permanent.

Go, you are for the old self-called princes of the peace, together with the wranglers against the Cardinal and the gabelle.

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