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gabelle definition

ga·belle (gə bel′)

noun

a tax levied on salt in France before the Revolution

Etymology: ME < OFr < OIt gabella < Ar ḳabāla, tax < qabala, to receive; akin to Heb kibel: see cabala

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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