ship money

noun

/ˈʃɪp mʌni/

[uncountable]

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a tax that English kings and queens traditionally collected from people living on the coast in times of war. In the 1630s Charles I used the tax to collect money without involving Parliament, at first on the coast and then all over England, by saying that there was a possibility of war. A group of people led by John Hampden refused to pay the tax, and in 1640 the Long Parliament made it illegal.船运税：战时英国国王和王后通常向居住在沿海地区的人们收取的税款。在1630年代，查尔斯一世使用税收征税而未涉及议会，首先是在沿海地区，然后是整个英格兰，他说这有发生战争的可能性。由约翰·汉普登（John Hampden）领导的一群人拒绝缴税，长议会在1640年将其定为非法。