geld

ɡɛld

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Definition of geld - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

historical tax

Rare

tax on land in Anglo-Saxon England

Rare

The king imposed a geld on the landowners.

duty

levy

tax

Verb

tr.

animal

Rare

castrate a male animal, especially a horse

Rare

They decided to geld the young stallion.

emasculate

neuter

figurative

Rare

deprive of essential qualities or weaken

Rare

The new rules gelded the committee's power.

castrate

emasculate

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Origin of geld

Old Norse, gelda (to castrate)

Examples of geld in a sentence

Records show the geld was collected annually.
Farmers often geld their livestock for better management.
The veterinarian was called to geld the aggressive horse.
Critics argue that the policy will geld the organization's influence.
The censorship laws gelded the artist's creative expression.

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French:impôt foncier anglo-saxon, châtrer, ...
German:Grundsteuer, kastrieren, ...
Italian:tributo, castrare, ...
Spanish:impuesto, castrar, ...
Portuguese:imposto fundiário da Inglaterra anglo-saxónica, castrar, ...
Chinese:土地税, 阉割, ...
Japanese:ゲルド, 去勢する, ...
Arabic:ضريبة الجِلد, خَصَى, ...
Hebrew:מַס קַרְקָעוֹת, לְסָרֵס, ...
Russian:гельд, кастрировать, ...
Ukrainian:гельд, каструвати, ...
Hindi:गेल्ड, बधिया करना, ...
Bengali:গেল্ড, খোজা করা, ...
Catalan:geld, castrar, ...
Czech:pozemková daň v anglosaské Anglii, vykastrovat, ...
Danish:skat, kastrere, ...
Dutch:geldbelasting, castreren, ...
Greek:φόρος, ευνουχίζω, ...
Hungarian:geld, herélni, ...
Khmer:ពន្ធដីធ្លីនៅប្រទេសអង់គ្លេសសម័យអង់គ្លូសាក់សុន, កាត់ស្វាសត្វឈ្មោល, ...
Korean:겔드, 거세하다, ...
Persian:مالیات گلد, اخته کرد, ...
Polish:podatek od ziemi, wykastrować, ...
Portuguese (BR):imposto sobre a terra, castrar, ...
Romanian:taxă, a castra, ...
Swedish:landskatt, kastrera, ...
Thai:ภาษีที่ดิน, ตอน, ...
Turkish:toprak vergisi, hadım etmek, ...
Vietnamese:thuế, thiến, ...

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