Associations to the word «Impost»
Noun
- Trade
- Slave
- Bankruptcy
- Burden
- Cent
- Lay
- Port
- Payment
- Tribute
- Monopoly
- Collector
- Prosperity
- Expense
- Citizen
- Foreigner
- Severity
- Majesty
- Dominion
- Doorway
- Raise
- Nation
- Navigation
- Treaty
- Income
- Inheritance
- States
- Respect
- Provision
- Merchant
- Article
- Power
- Pension
- Money
- Million
- Paying
- Consul
- Defence
- Same
- Collecting
- Column
- Colony
- Defense
- Property
- Consumption
- Evil
- Inhabitant
- United
- Clergy
- Regard
- Continental
- Stamp
- Subject
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
IMPOST, noun. (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
IMPOST, noun. (horse racing) (slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.
IMPOST, noun. The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.
Dictionary definition
IMPOST, noun. Money collected under a tariff.
IMPOST, noun. The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.