What does "gabelle" mean?

A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.

What is a synonym for "gabelle"?

Common synonyms include: customs, duty, excise, income tax, poll, rate.

Gabelle

//ɡaˈbɛl// noun

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Noun

1
A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.
"The proceeds of the gabelle on retail wine were pledged directly to repayment of the forced loans imposed during Baumgarten and Sterz's raid in 1364."

Synonyms

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customs duty excise income tax poll rate

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"The proceeds of the gabelle on retail wine were pledged directly to repayment of the forced loans imposed during Baumgarten and Sterz's raid in 1364."

Etymology

From French gabelle.

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