Synonyms for impost


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pohst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm poʊst

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Définition of impost

Origin :
  • "tax, duty," 1560s, from Middle French impost, from Medieval Latin impostum, from neuter of Latin impostus, contracted from impositus, past participle of imponere (see impostor).
  • noun tariff
Example sentences :
  • This was a greater extortion than usual; but the traders were compelled to accept the impost.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • I am afraid we may consider the refusal of the impost as an answer.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • But where is the necessity of raising the impost to this degree?
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • It makes things so awkward for the impost—the imitators, I mean.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894 » by Various
  • Mr. Pymme is considered to have been the father of this impost.
  • Extract from : « Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England » by Richard Valpy French
  • Next, an impost was laid on the daily consumption of meal and wine.
  • Extract from : « German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages » by Ernest Belfort Bax
  • This impost she abolished, and thereby cut off the source of slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16) » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • He pays no impost, he says no prayer (namaz), he observes no fast.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of Central Asia (1868) » by Arminius Vmbry
  • The impost was not onerous, but it was inconvenient to stop so often.
  • Extract from : « Europe from a Motor Car » by Russell Richardson
  • It is not certainly known in what manner this impost was regulated.
  • Extract from : « A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2) » by Johann Beckman

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