About The Word Imposition
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Imposition
| Imposition Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Imposition?
[n] the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
[n] an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Imposition: infliction
Related Terms | Find terms related to Imposition: application |
applying |
assessment |
assumption |
atrocity |
ballot-box stuffing |
blackmail |
bunco |
burden |
burthen |
call |
call for |
cardsharping |
cargo |
cess |
charge |
cheat |
cheating |
claim |
cold-type typesetting |
composing |
composing stick |
composition |
computerized typesetting |
conscience money |
contribution |
cozenage |
cross |
cumbrance |
deadweight |
demand |
demand for |
diddle |
diddling |
difficulty |
direct tax |
disadvantage |
dishonesty |
disservice |
dodge |
draft |
drain |
dummy |
duty |
embarrassment |
encroachment |
encumbrance |
enforcement |
enforcing |
entrance |
entrenchment |
exaction |
extortion |
extortionate demand |
familiarity |
fishy transaction |
flam |
flimflam |
fraud |
fraudulence |
fraudulency |
freight |
furniture |
galley chase |
gerrymandering |
graduated taxation |
graft |
great wrong |
grievance |
grift |
gross injustice |
gyp |
gyp joint |
hamper |
handicap |
heavy demand |
hot-metal typesetting |
hubris |
illicit business |
impediment |
impedimenta |
impingement |
impost |
imposture |
inconvenience |
incursion |
indent |
indirect tax |
infiltration |
inflicting |
infliction |
influx |
infringement |
injection |
injury |
injustice |
inroad |
insinuation |
insistent demand |
interference |
interjection |
interloping |
interposition |
interposure |
interruption |
Intertype |
intervention |
introduction |
intrusion |
invasion |
irruption |
joint return |
justification |
lawlessness |
laying on |
layout |
levy |
liberties |
liberty abused |
license |
licentiousness |
line of type |
Linotype |
load |
lumber |
miscarriage of justice |
misuse |
Monotype |
nonnegotiable demand |
notice |
obtrusion |
onus |
order |
outrage |
pack |
penalty |
photocomposition |
photosetting |
phototypesetter |
phototypesetting machine |
placement |
placing |
presumption |
presumptuousness |
progressive tax |
promulgation |
quoin |
racket |
raw deal |
requirement |
requisition |
rush |
rush order |
scam |
separate returns |
setting |
single tax |
slug |
supertax |
surtax |
swindle |
tax |
tax base |
tax dodging |
tax evasion |
tax exemption |
tax return |
tax structure |
tax withholding |
taxable income |
taxation |
tax-exempt status |
taxing |
tithe |
toll |
trespass |
trespassing |
tribute |
trouble |
typesetting |
typesetting machine |
ultimatum |
undue liberty |
unlawful entry |
warning |
weight |
white elephant |
withholding tax |
wrong
See Also | burden |
encumbrance |
enforcement |
incumbrance |
load |
onus |
protection |
regimentation |
reimposition |
taxation |
trade protection
Imposition In Webster's Dictionary
\Im`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. impositio the
application of a name to a thing. See {Impone}.]
1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining,
inflicting, obtruding, and the like. ``From imposition of
strict laws.'' --Milton.
Made more solemn by the imposition of hands.
--Hammond.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge;
burden; injunction; tax.
3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a
punishment. --T. Warton.
4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a
trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud;
delusion; imposture.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition.
--Shak.
5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious
ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of
type. See {Impose}, v. t., 4.
Syn: Deceit; fraud; imposture. See {Deception}.
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