impost
1 Americannoun
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a tax; tribute; duty.
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a customs duty.
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Horse Racing. the weight assigned to a horse in a race.
verb (used with object)
noun
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the point of springing of an arch; spring.
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an architectural feature immediately beneath this point.
noun
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a tax, esp a customs duty
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horse racing the specific weight that a particular horse must carry in a handicap race
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- imposter noun
Etymology
Origin of impost1
1560–70; < Medieval Latin impostus a tax, noun use of Latin impostus, variant of impositus imposed; imposition
Origin of impost2
1655–65; < French imposte < Italian imposta < Latin: feminine of impostus (past participle); impost 1
Example Sentences
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About 42% of Americans say the economy and cost of living is the most impost important issue facing the country today, a CNN poll External link this month found.
From Barron's
He tells clients in a note that a sale for A$500 million plus appropriate brand value, with only a modest capital gains tax impost, would be positively received by investors.
Key West is the only place in Florida set to impost a sunscreen ban - an effort to protect reefs that are important to the city’s economy and environment.
From Washington Times
Article I, Section 8 allows Congress to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises.”
From Washington Post
In policy matters, he proved obtuse, recommending, in one of his first initiatives, a blanket cancellation of all trade imposts.
From The New Yorker
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