impost
pronunciation
How to pronounce impost in British English:
UK ['ɪmpəʊst]
How to pronounce impost in American English:
US ['ɪmpoʊst]
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- Noun:
- money collected under a tariff
- the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
Word Origin
- impost (n.)
- "tax, duty," 1560s, from Middle French impost, from Medieval Latin impostum, from neuter of Latin impostus, contracted from impositus, past participle of imponere (see impostor).
Example
- 1. A payment exacted for a special purpose ; an impost or a levy .
- 2. If hong kong impost gst , what will you do ?
- 3. Consultant for the flow of customs declaration and impost .
- 4. United states dollar cashier 's impost fund ;
- 5. I said that no one has the right to impost his views on others .