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Ship money   /ʃɪp mˈəni/   Listen
Ship money

noun
1.
An impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense.





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"Ship money" Quotes from Famous Books



... mind: "You are pressing me too importunately" exclaimed the unhappy President; "you don't give me time to consider; you don't give me time to say my prayers; I always say my prayers when required to act upon any great state affair." One remembers Hampden "seeking the Lord" about ship money, and one realizes that the same act may have a vastly different significance ...
— Abraham Lincoln and the Union - A Chronicle of the Embattled North, Volume 29 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Nathaniel W. Stephenson


Words linked to "Ship money" :   customs, custom, customs duty, impost


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