About The Word Impost
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Impost
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What's The Definition Of Impost?
[n] the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
[n] money collected under a tariff Synonyms | Synonyms for Impost: custom | customs | customs duty | springer Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | taxable income | taxation | tax-exempt status | taxing | tithe | toll | tribute | ultimatum | warning | withholding tax See Also | arch | duty | ship money | stone | tariff Impost In Webster's Dictionary \Im"post\, n. [OF. impost, F. impot, LL. impostus, fr. L.
impostus, p. p. of imponere to impose. See {Impone}.]
1. 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.
Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not
pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost.
--Macaulay.
2. (Arch.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon
which the weight of an arch rests.
Note: 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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