From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gelt \Gelt\, n. [See 1st {Geld}.]
Trubute, tax. [Obs.]
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All these the king granted unto them . . . free from
all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample
manner. --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gelt \Gelt\, n. [See {Gelt}, v. t.]
A gelding. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gelt \Gelt\, n.
Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gelt
n 1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread},
{cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale},
{lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf},
{scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
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