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ship moneys

ship moneys is the plural of ship money.

Meaning of ship money

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.

Questions about ship moneys

What is ship moneys the plural of?
Ship moneys is the plural of ship money.

Words near ship moneys in the dictionary

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

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