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Meaning of ship money | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime.

countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“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 end⟳ of our island to the other?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ship of fools ship of state ship of the desert ship of the line ship of the line captain ship of the line ensign

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