Thesaurus: impost

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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.
2. n. The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
3. n. money collected under a tariff
4. n. the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs
5. 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.
6. The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which theweight of an arch rests.
7. n money collected under a tariff n the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs