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Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

im=post

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun impost has 2 senses

impost(n = noun.possession) custom, customs, customs duty - money collected under a tariff;

is a kind of duty, tariff

has particulars: ship money

impost(n = noun.artifact) springer - the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs;

is a part of arch

is a kind of stone

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CIDE DICTIONARY

impost, n. [OF. impost, F. impot, LL. impostus, fr. L. impostus, p. p. of imponere to impose. See Impone.].

That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. [1913 Webster]
"Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost." [1913 Webster]
The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. [1913 Webster]
" The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break."

Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty; tax.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

impost, n.
1 a tax, duty, or tribute.
2 a weight carried by a horse in a handicap race.

impost, n. the upper course of a pillar, carrying an arch.

Etymology

F imposte or It. imposta fem. past part. of imporre f. L imponere: see IMPOSE

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THESAURUS

impost

assessment, blackmail, call, call for, cess, claim, conscience money, contribution, demand, demand for, direct tax, draft, drain, duty, exaction, extortion, extortionate demand, graduated taxation, heavy demand, imposition, indent, indirect tax, insistent demand, joint return, levy, nonnegotiable demand, notice, order, progressive tax, requirement, requisition, rush, rush order, separate returns, single tax, supertax, surtax, tariff, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, taxing, tithe, toll, tribute, ultimatum, warning, withholding tax

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impost

Price

N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.