Ship-money - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃɪpˌmʌnɪ|
Brit.  |ˈʃɪpmʌnɪ|  British pronunciation of the word ship-money

noun

- (historical) A tax applied to coastal towns for their defence in wartime.
The imposition of ship money without Parliamentary consent was one of the causes of the English Civil War.
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