Definitions for impost

impost im·post

Spelling: [im-pohst]
IPA: /ˈɪm poʊst/

Impost is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in impost (imopst).

Definitions for impost

noun

  1. a tax; tribute; duty.
  2. a customs duty.
  3. Horse Racing. the weight assigned to a horse in a race.
  4. the point of springing of an arch; spring.
  5. an architectural feature immediately beneath this point.

verb (used with object)

  1. to determine customs duties on, according to the kind of imports.

Origin of impost

1560-70; Medieval Latin impostus a tax, noun use of Latin impostus, variant of impositus imposed; see imposition

Examples for impost

This impost she abolished, and thereby cut off the source of slavery.

Next, an impost was laid on the daily consumption of meal and wine.

It makes things so awkward for the impost—the imitators, I mean.

He pays no impost, he says no prayer (namaz), he observes no fast.

But where is the necessity of raising the impost to this degree?

It is not certainly known in what manner this impost was regulated.

I am afraid we may consider the refusal of the impost as an answer.

The impost was not onerous, but it was inconvenient to stop so often.

Mr. Pymme is considered to have been the father of this impost.

This was a greater extortion than usual; but the traders were compelled to accept the impost.

Word Value for impost
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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