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Gabel

//ˈɡeɪbəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise. UK, obsolete

    "He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish."

Etymology

From French gabelle, from Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare gavel (“tribute”).

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