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‖ alcavala|alkəˈvɑːlə|
[Sp. alcabala, alcavala, ad. Arab. al-qabālah the tax, duty, impost (Fr. gabelle), f. qabala to receive.]
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1776Adam Smith W.N. (1869) II. v. ii. 498 The famous Alcavala of Spain..was at first a tax of ten per cent..upon the sale of every sort of property. 1846Prescott Ferd. & Isab. III. xvi. 167 The alcavalas of the grandmasterships of the military orders. |