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Definition of Impost
1. Noun. Money collected under a tariff.
Generic synonyms: Duty, Tariff
Specialized synonyms: Ship Money
2. Noun. The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs.
Definition of Impost
1. n. 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.
Definition of Impost
1. Noun. (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise. ¹
2. Noun. (context: horse racing slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap. ¹
3. Noun. The top part of a column or pillar that supports an arch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impost
1. to determine customs duties [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impost
Literary usage of Impost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1904)
"And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Collector of
Currituck County, is hereby appointed Receiver, and shall Receive the impost or ..."
2. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"The motion for limiting the impost to twenty-five years having been yesterday
lost, and some of the gentlemen who were in the negative desponding of an ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"Everywhere the need of an impost and a vigorous management of trade was the absorbing
... The subscribers set forth that they highly approved of the impost. ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1851)
"And I shall be greatly disappointed if the result does not establish the fact,
not only that our impost tax is one of the mo^t deceptive and unequal, ..."
5. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"impost. SECTION I. So many philosophical works have been written on the nature
of impost, that we need say very little about it here. ..."
6. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"The people of Springfield presently resisted payment of this impost, ... But on
appeal to the Commissioners of the United Colonies, the impost was sustained ..."
7. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1916)
"This impost was to be kept up for twenty-five years only, ... As for the impost,
it had never been possible to get a sufficient number of states to agree ..."
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