impost
/ˈɪmpoʊst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
Example Sentences
- "’Tis a Land-tax, vvhich he’s too poor to pay; / You, therefore muſt ſome other Impoſt lay."
- "1752, David Hume, Political Discourses, Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, “Of Taxes,” p. 120, […] a duty upon commodities checks itself; and a prince will soon find, that an encrease of the impost is no encrease of his revenue."
- "[…] before the sequestration of emigrant property, I had remitted the imposts they had ceased to pay;"
- "The Ashanti traded with the tribes to the north and with coastal folk to the south, and caravans going in either direction were liable for imposts according to the nature of the goods they carried."
- "New universal direct taxes had to be introduced […], while the burden of indirect taxes was also made heavier, with new imposts being levied on an ensemble of items ranging from playing cards to wigs."
- "The outer circle [of Stonehenge] has been formed by a combination of two uprights and an impost; yet each combination of these three stones is detached, and without any connection with the rest, except that of coinciding in the form of a circle."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French impost, itself borrowed or adapted from Latin impōsitus, past participle of impōnō (“to impose”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: impost, impōsitus, imposta
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪmpoʊst/
- British English: /ˈɪmpəʊst/