Definition of Ship money

1. Noun. An impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense.

Generic synonyms: Custom, Customs, Customs Duty, Impost

Definition of Ship money

1. Noun. (historical) A tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ship Money

ship's galley
ship's officer
ship's papers
ship-breaker
ship-building
ship-buildings
ship-rigged
ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
ship beriberi
ship biscuit
ship broker
ship builder
ship canal
ship chandler
ship fever
ship money (current term)
ship of the line
ship of war
ship out
ship rat
ship rats
ship route
shipboard
shipboard duty
shipboard soldier
shipboard system
shipboards
shipborne
shipbound
shipbroker

Literary usage of Ship money

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"NOY brought in ship-money first for maritime towns; but that was like putting in a ... They that at first would not pay ship-money, till it was decided, ..."

2. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"NOY brought in ship-money first for maritime towns; but that was like putting in a ... They that at first would not pay ship-money, till it was decided, ..."

3. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"Former princes had raised ship- money only in time of war; ... Former princes, even in the most perilous wars, had raised ship-money only along the coasts; ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1856)
"Former princes had raised ship-money only in time of war; ... Former princes, even in the most perilous wars, had raised ship- money only along the coasts; ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"Former princes had raised ship-money only in time of war; ... Former princes, even in the most perilous wars, had raised ship- money only along the coasts; ..."

6. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1909)
"In the midst of this growing feeling of dissatisfaction, the third writ of ship-money, the second of those which had been o,.,, 0. sent out to the whole of ..."

7. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, Philip Arthur Ashworth (1905)
"Ship-money abolished. Star Chamber abolished. prerogative of levying customs on merchandise. By this Act (which granted to the king tonnage and poundage for ..."

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