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| ga·belle [ gə bél ] (plural ga·belles) |
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1. salt tax: a French tax on salt imposed until 1790
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2. tax in another country: any tax, especially a tax imposed in a foreign country
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| [15th century. Via Old French gabel< Arabic ḳabāla "tax, duty"] |
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