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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 defenseplay

  Familiarity information: SHIP MONEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHIP MONEY (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)


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