Look up: Ship-Money

1. ship money
   [n] - an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
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2. ship money
   Tax for support of the navy, levied on the coastal districts of England in the Middle Ages. Ship money was declared illegal by Parliament in 1641. Charles I's attempts to levy it on the whole...
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3. ship money
   noun an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense
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4. ship money
   in British history, a nonparliamentary tax first levied in medieval times by the English crown on coastal cities and counties for naval defense in ... [4 related articles]
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5. Ship money
   `Ship money` refers to a tax that Charles I of England tried to levy without the consent of Parliament. This tax, which was only applied to coastal towns during a time of war, was intended to offset the cost of defending that part of the coast, and could be paid in actual ships or the equivalent val...
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6. Ship-Money
   Ship-Money was a tax levied by Charles I in October 1634, ostensibly for the equipment of ships for the defence of the coast and maintaining command of the sea. The tax was deemed illegal and was a contributory dispute which led to the English Civil War.
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