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SHIP MONEY
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I. (noun)
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)
