light money
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: lītʹmŭn'(ē)
Noun
light money (usually uncountable, plural light moneys or light monies)
- Money levied for the maintenance of lighthouses; light dues.
References
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “light-money”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3449.
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