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Example sentences from the Web for ship moneyEven the ship-money Johnson would not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various In 1636, John Hampden became universally known by his intrepid opposition to the ship-money, as an illegal tax. The Illustrated London Reading Book|Various The imposition of the ship-money tax was so distasteful that the Royal cause was not very popular at Bristol. The Cathedrals of Great Britain|P. H. Ditchfield When an arbitrary imposition is attempted upon the subject, undoubtedly it will not bear on its forehead the name of Ship-money. Thoughts on the Present Discontents|Edmund Burke
nounEnglish history a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640 Words nearby ship moneyshipload, shipman, shipmaster, shipmate, shipment, ship money, ship of state, ship of the line, ship of war, ship out, shipowner Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |