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ship money

a former tax levied on English ports, maritime counties, etc. to provide money for warships

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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