ship money
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Direct transfers are the fastest way to ship money out of the Treasury, but they don't provide stimulus if they don't get spent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Direct transfers are the fastest way to ship money out of the Treasury, but they don't provide stimulus if they don't get spent.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King levied ship money on the nation.
From Freedom Through Disobedience by Das, C. R. (Chittaranjan)
Bridget: It seems he was in a tavern here one evening, and they were talking about ship money.
From Oliver Cromwell by Drinkwater, John
The same nation that had rebelled against the levying of the "ship money" and the proceedings of the Star Chamber allowed Charles II. almost as absolute an authority as ever the King of France possessed.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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