tel
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- noun
- /tɛl/
- Specialized
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- Archaeologists excavated the ancient ruins at the tel, revealing artifacts from a long-lost civilization.
Examples
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The tel in the region provides valuable insights into the social and economic life of early inhabitants.
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Visitors to the site can climb the tel to get a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape.
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TELs are laws that specify how much taxes or expenditures can increase from one year to the next.
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A growing number of states have tax and expenditure limitations (TELs).
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Using data for the period from 1988 to 1992, he finds that states with TELs experience lower tax increases in the face of negative economic developments.
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Of the 23 states with TELs, 8 states have TELs that were initiated by citizens; the remaining TELs were written by legislators.
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Stansel's review of TELs suggests that the most effective TELs are written by voters, are constitutional rather than statutory, and are linked to spending rather than revenues.
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Synonyms
Compounds
A city in western Israel on the Mediterranean that is the country's largest city and business center
A large city on Israel's Mediterranean coast that is the country's main business and finance center
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Etymology
Tel comes from a Hebrew and Arabic word that means 'mound' or 'hill' and was used in the Middle East for places where people built new towns on top of old ones. So a tel is a 'mound' of old houses and layers that archaeologists dig into to find ancient life.