- Look up
impost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Impost may mean: A type of tax,
especially a tax
levied on
imports A
handicap (usually a lead weight)...
- In architecture, an
impost or
impost block is a
projecting block resting on top of a
column or
embedded in a wall,
serving as the base for the springer...
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called "handicap"), each
horse must
carry a
specified weight called the
impost, ****igned by the
racing secretary or
steward based on
factors such as past...
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soffit is the
curved inner surface of the arch or
vault located above the
impost, as
opposed to the
outer surface called the arch or
vault crest. Jamb statue...
- above,
transferring it from
stone to
stone to the springer's
bottom face (
impost),
which is
horizontal and p****es the
thrust on to the supports. Voussoir...
- of an arch, or
masonry used to
resist the
lateral forces of a vault. The
impost or
abacus of a
column in
classical architecture may also
serve as an abutment...
-
policy through the
enumerated power to "lay and
collect Taxes, Duties,
Imposts and Excises, to pay the
Debts and
provide for the
common Defence and general...
- in
February 1781, to give
Congress the
power to
collect a five
percent impost, or duty on all imports, but this
required ratification by all states; securing...
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vehicle ownership. An
import or
export tariff (also
called customs duty or
impost) is a
charge for the
movement of
goods through a
political border. Tariffs...
- A
pulvino (or
impost block) is an
architectural structural element (dosseret)
having the
shape of an
inverted pyramid cushion,
which is
placed between...
