- 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)...
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serving as the base for the
springer or
lowest voussoir of an arch. The
imposts are left
smooth or profiled, and "then
express a
certain separation between...
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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...
- Duties,
Imposts and Excises, to pay the
Debts and
provide for the
common Defence and
general Welfare of the
United States; but all Duties,
Imposts and Excises...
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including the
power to lay and
collect "taxes, duties,
imposts, and excises" (provided duties,
imposts, and
excises are
uniform throughout the
United States)...
- 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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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...
- duties,
imposts, and excises, ... but all duties,
imposts, and
excises shall be
uniform throughout the
United States.": 132 If the term "
imposts" was intended...
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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
strong advocate of
protective tariffs. The
primary intention of such
imposts was not to
raise revenue, but to
allow American manufacturing to develop...
