gabelle

English - Turkish

Definition of gabelle in English Turkish dictionary

{i} vergi

(isim) vergi

English - English

Definition of gabelle in English English dictionary

{i} levy, tax; excise, tax levied on the manufacture or sale of a product within a country; (French History) tax imposed on salt in France and from which the aristocracy and clergy and other privileged people were exempted (tax was abolished in 1790)

A tax, especially on salt

Hyphenation

ga·belle

Etymology

[ g&-'bel ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Italian gabella tax, from Arabic qabAlah.