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SHIP MONEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ship money mean?
• SHIP MONEY (noun)
The noun SHIP MONEY has 1 sense:
1. an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
Familiarity information: SHIP MONEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("ship money" is a kind of...):
custom; customs; customs duty; impost (money collected under a tariff)
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