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ship monies

ship monies 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 monies

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

Words near ship monies in the dictionary

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

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