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A.Word.A.Day--impost![]() ![]() This week's theme: words related to death and taxes. impost (IM-post) noun 1. A tax or a similar mandatory payment. 2. The weight a horse must carry in a handicap race. 3. The top part of a pillar of a wall, usually projecting in the form of an ornamental molding, on which an arch rests. [From Latin imponere (to impose), from ponere (to place).] See more usage examples of impost in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "The impost on business could be offset with a cut to the corporate tax rate." Richard Inder; Sharemarket at Risk of Losing Biggest Firms; The New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Mar 9, 2006.
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