| 单词 | light money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight money light money n. now historical a toll levied on ships for the maintenance of lights in lighthouses and lightships; = light due n., light duty n.1 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] lastinglOE lastage1205 anchorage1405 strandage1419 plankage1424 quayage1440 lowage1457 measurage1460 perch money1466 perching1483 keel-toll?1499 wharf-gelt1505 sand-gelt1527 wharfage1535 soundage1562 towage1562 groundage1567 bankage1587 rowage1589 shore-silver1589 pilotage1591 dayage1592 ballastage1594 rivage1598 pieragec1599 shore-mail1603 lightage1606 shorage1611 port charge1638 light money1663 port due1663 water-bailage1669 mensuragea1676 mooragea1676 keelage1679 shore-due1692 harbour-due1718 lockage1722 magazinage1736 jettage?1737 light duty1752 tide-duty1769 port duty1776 dockage1788 light due1793 canalage1812 posting-dues1838 warpage1863 winch1864 postage1868 flag-dues1892 berthage1893 shore-levy- 1663 T. Allin Jrnl. 31 Aug. (1939) (modernized text) I. 126 A great Amsterdamer came in and paid £7 10s. light money out and home for 300 tons. 1886 E. Schuyler Amer. Diplom. 308 Apart from the Sound dues themselves, there were charges of light-money, pass-money, etc., which caused a delay at Elsinore. 2010 Buildings & Landscapes 17 18/2 The inextricable connection between customs duties—i.e., ‘light money’—and lighthouses. < as lemmas |
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