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ship money

ship money noun: a tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime.

Noun

ship money (countable and uncountable, plural ship moneys or ship monies)

  1. (historical) A tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime.
    • The imposition of ship money without Parliamentary consent was one of the causes of the English Civil War.
    • When I stood by the side of Hampden, contending against a heavy oppression, and for an undeniable right, who could have thought that his refusal to pay that twenty shillings ship-money would be the first act of a resistance that was destined to arouse a whole nation, and kindle civil war from one...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 30–31

ship money meaning in Tamil

ship money in Tamil

கப்பல் வரி, கல வரி, கலப் பணம்

Forms of ship money

pluralship moneys
pluralship monies

Questions about ship money

What does ship money mean?
Ship money means a tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime.
What is ship money in Tamil?
Ship money in Tamil is கப்பல் வரி, கல வரி, கலப் பணம். See Ship money meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ship money?
Ship money is a noun.
What is the plural of ship money?
The plural of ship money is ship moneys.

Words near ship money in the dictionary

  1. ship letters
  2. ship lift
  3. ship lifts
  4. ship model basin
  5. ship model basins
  6. ship money
  7. ship moneys
  8. ship monies
  9. ship of fools
  10. ship of state
  11. ship of the desert

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