Look up: Gabelle

1. gabelle
   In French history, term that originally referred to a tax on various items but came to be used exclusively for a tax on salt, first levied by Philip the Fair in 1286 and abolished 1790. ...
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2. Gabelle
   Ga`belle' noun [ French See Gabel .] A tax, especially on salt. [ France] Brande & C.
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3. Gabelle
   • (n.) A tax, especially on salt.
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4. gabelle
   form of tax in France before the Revolution of 1789—in particular, from the 15th century onward, the tax on salt.[2 related articles]
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5. Gabelle
   Obs.Fr. Any form of indirect tax; the tax on salt, in France, from which the NOBILITY, the clergy, and other PRIVLEGED persons were exempted.
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6. Gabelle
   Gabelle was a name originally given in France to every kind of indirect tax, as on wine, cloth, etc, but at a later period specially applied to the tax upon salt, which after being frequently imposed as a temporary means of raising money, became under Charles V a permanent impost. Under Henry II nin...
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