gabelle
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ga·belle

noun \gə-ˈbel\

Definition of GABELLE

: a tax on salt levied in France prior to 1790

Origin of GABELLE

Middle English gabell, from gabelle, from Old Italian gabella tax, from Arabic qabāla
First Known Use: 15th century

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