Impost synonyms

ĭm'pōst'

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fee
The definition of a fee is a payment asked for or given, or inheritable land from a feudal lord in return for service.
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assessment
An assessment is defined as a declaration of the value of a property, often for tax purposes.
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charge
A weight or burden; a load:
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custom
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
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duty
A legally-defined responsibility to perform certain acts or meet certain standards of performance; an essential element of proof in a tort action is that the defendant had a duty to act in a certain manner, such as the duty to use due care in the operation of a motor vehicle. Duties may be mandated by law, such as the duty to pay taxes, or may be voluntary, such as those assumed under a contract.
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levy
The tax, property or people so levied.
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surtax
A tax levied on corporations or individuals after net income has exceeded a certain level.
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tariff
A duty or duties so imposed.
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tax
A compulsory payment, usually a percentage, levied on income, property value, sales price, etc. for the support of a government
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toll
Toll is defined as the charge for using a specific road or for making a telephone call, or it refers to the total loss or damage caused by an event.
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tribute
A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration:
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weight
Weight is how heavy something is or how much mass it has.
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burden
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
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cargo
The definition of cargo means items that are carried in a ship, train, truck, plane, etc.
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haul
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish or illegal loot.
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load
Genetic load.
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money (related)
A wealthy person, family, or group:
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pay (related)
A paying or being paid; payment
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politics (related)
(Countable) One's political stands and opinions.
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heavy (related)
(Slang) One that is very important or influential:
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over (related)
(Cricket) The set number of balls bowled during a single turn at one end of the wicket
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springer
A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
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customs
Taxes imposed on imports and exports; the United States Constitution prohibits Congress from imposing taxes on goods exported from a state. Also called duties.
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customs-duty
money collected under a tariff
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tallage (related)
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exaction (related)
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ad valorem (related)
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Impost Sentence Examples

  • It also meant a tax or impost, payable in money.

  • The policy of protection was further accentuated by raising the impost on corn from 5 to 7 francs per hectolitre (23/4 bushels).

  • In 1869 the main quota to the impost was increased by one-tenth, in addition to the extra two-tenths previously imposed in 1866.

  • The Chamber, though convinced of the danger of this reform, the perils of which were incisively demonstrated by Sella, voted by an overwhelming majority for an immediate reduction of the impost by onefourth, and its complete abolition within four years.

  • Notwithstanding this prospective loss of revenue, parliament showed great reluctance to vote any new impost, although hardly a year previously it had sanctioned (3oth June 1879) Depretiss scheme for spending during the next eighteen years 43,200,000 in building 5000 kilometres of railway, an expenditure not wholly justified by the importance of the lines, and useful principally as a source of electoral sops for the constituents of ministerial deputies.

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