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What is a gabelle?

What is a gabelle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.
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The gabelle, which led to several rebellions, was not abolished until the Revolution.
French finances during the war were mainly financed by the increase in the taille tax, as well as indirect taxes like the gabelle and customs fees.
These imposts and that of the gabelle were henceforth permanent.
The Latin form of the word is gabellum, and the French gabelle.
After the Revolution, the gabelle was removed but only to be reintroduced in the 19th century.
By means of a draft on the receiver of taxes and the gabelle officer of the town, two hundred golden saluts were paid for it.

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