impostn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɪmpəʊst/,

/ˈɪmpɒst/, U.S.

/ˈɪmˌpoʊst/

Etymology: < Old French impost (1429 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), now impôt = Spanish impuesto , Portuguese imposto , < medieval Latin impostus or impostum (1272 in Du Cange) from Latin impostus , impositus , past participle of impōnĕre to impose v. The corresponding Italian imposta represents the feminine of the same participle (compare mille equi de imposta, an. 1302 in Du Cange).

a. A tax, duty, imposition, tribute; spec. a customs-duty levied on merchandise. Now chiefly Historical.The distinction suggested by Cowell, that impost properly denotes a duty on imported goods, and custom one on goods exported, is repeated by later dictionaries; but there is no evidence that it was ever in accepted use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun]

yieldc950

tollc1000

tolne1023

mailOE

lotlOE

ransomc1325

tail1340

pensiona1387

contribution1387

scat gild14..

due1423

responsionc1447

impositionc1460

devoirs1503

excisea1513

toloney1517

impost1569

cast1597

levy1640

responde1645

reprise1818

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun]

tollc1000

custom1389

average1451

prest1472

impost1569

customage1595

averene1625

consumption tax1694

dogana1714

sayer1751

excise duties-

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 81 He neuer put any tribute, impost, or taxe vpon his subiectes.

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4 §1 Customs, Subsidies, Imposts or other Duties within any Port of the Realm.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 70 Keeping garrison there to receiue the impostes, and customes of the arriuing vessels.

a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 51 The great taxe vpon wine is still called Impost, because it was imposed after the ordinary rate of payment had lasted many years.

1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 274 That the Inhabitants of the Cevennes, whose Houses have been burned in the Wars, shall pay no Imposts for the Term of seven Years.

1789 Const. U.S. i. §10 The net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States.

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 20 Import duties, or transit dues, and the whole range of Government imposts.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 513 A bench of Judges..declared the new impost [ship-money] to be legal.

figurative.1702 Eng. Theophrastus 236 Confidence is not the favour but the impost of a prince.

b. attributive, as impost-fine, impost-law; also impost-taker n. (see quot. 1699).

ΚΠ

1588 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 54 Payd..vjs. viijd. for an Impost Finne to the quens maiestie of xv. akers lande.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Impost-taker, one that stands by and Lends Money to the Gamester at a very high Interest.

1806 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 4) 26 Ye, who sit..devising impost-laws.

2. Horse Racing slang. The weight which a horse has to carry in a handicap race.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > equipment > [noun] > handicap weight

welter weight1880

impost1883

1883 Daily News 25 June 2/1 The horse..has such a lenient impost that it will be easy to make him first favourite.

1887 Daily News 7 Feb. 2/6 His light impost might enable him to win.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

impostn.²

Brit.

/ˈɪmpəʊst/,

/ˈɪmpɒst/, U.S.

/ˈɪmˌpoʊst/

Etymology: < French imposte (1545 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Italian imposta , of same derivation as impost n.¹

Architecture.

1. The upper course of a pillar or abutment, frequently projecting in the form of an ornamental moulding or capital, on which the foot of an arch rests. Where there is no projection, the impost is said to be continuous.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > pillar as base of arch > upper course of

impost1664

chaptrel1700

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 130 Imposts..are nothing but their Capitels or more protuberant heads, upon which rest the ends of the Arches.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 74 An Arch adorn'd with Imposts.

1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 229 Round pilastres, or semi-columns with flat imposts or capitals.

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 258 It is better..to designate the mouldings as impost mouldings.

1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Impost The decorative impost, or point at which the ornamental impost moldings are placed, is frequently below the springing... In some archways the impost point is ornamental with horizontal moldings.

1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. II. 464 Impost block, a member which gives direct support to one side of an arch, or to the adjoining parts of two arches.

†2. The hanging stile of a door or gate; hence, the leaf of a door or gate. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post

postela1225

gate-cheek1513

gatepost1522

shaft1522

post1662

pier1665

impost1730

clapping-post1792

hanging-post1792

heel post1802

hanging-stile1823

stay1869

shutting posta1877

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > leaf of door

valvea1387

leaf1611

impost1730

folding1757

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post

postOE

postela1225

door-treec1300

durnc1325

puncheon1519

by-post1535

door-cheek1535

doorpost1535

side post1535

pier1665

impost1730

hanging-post1792

heel post1802

hanging-stile1823

door-jamb1836

shutting posta1877

hanging-head1888

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 295 Of these three Gates, the first..has no Marks of ever having had Imposts,..the other..has two round Holes in the Stone of the Threshold..in them the Hinges of two parts of the Gates..turned round, causing the Imposts to play [It. facendo giocar le imposte]. By this we discover the manner of the ancient Imposts, called Postes by the Latins.

3. A horizontal block supported by upright stones, as at Stonehenge. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > others > specific part

impost1748

matrix1861

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 308 The outer Circle of Stone-henge..in its Perfection, consisted of Sixty Stones, Thirty Uprights, and Thirty Imposts.

1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 59 These birds [sc. daws] deposit their nests in the interstices between the upright and the impost stones of that amazing work of antiquity [sc. Stonehenge].

1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon ii. 59 Thirty upright stones sustaining as many others placed horizontally, so as to form a continuous impost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† impostv.¹

Etymology: apparently < Italian impostare ‘to set on the impost or case to a door or window’.

Obsolete. rare.

1. transitive. To set or base on imposts.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (transitive)] > set on imposts

impost1730

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 327 The..Wall..has no Thickness..sufficient to impost another Roof of the Wall a-new.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 407 There being no Marks of Vaults on..the Wall, in which they may have been inlaid or imposted.

2. intransitive. To begin to curve inward; to spring, as an arch.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (intransitive)] > of arch: curve or slant upwards

summer1700

impost1730

spring1739

groin1805

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 285 The Roofs do impost, or draw in above the thickness of the Arches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

impostv.²

Etymology: < impost n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpost.

U.S. Customs.

transitive. To classify (imported goods, etc.) according to their tariff designations and the rate of duties paid on them.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > exact duty on [verb (transitive)] > classify goods

impost1884

1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) The entry papers..are..sent to an official who imposts them, or, in other words, classifies the articles therein described in separate columns according to the rate of duty that each is liable to pay.

Derivatives

ˈimposter n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > classifier

imposter1884

1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) From the imposter the entries pass to other hands.

ˈimposting adj.

ΚΠ

1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) Again they pass into the hands of the imposting and statistical clerks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹1569

n.²1664

v.¹1730

v.²1884

单词	impost
释义	impostn.¹ Brit. /ˈɪmpəʊst/, /ˈɪmpɒst/, U.S. /ˈɪmˌpoʊst/ Etymology: < Old French impost (1429 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), now impôt = Spanish impuesto , Portuguese imposto , < medieval Latin impostus or impostum (1272 in Du Cange) from Latin impostus , impositus , past participle of impōnĕre to impose v. The corresponding Italian imposta represents the feminine of the same participle (compare mille equi de imposta, an. 1302 in Du Cange). 1. a. A tax, duty, imposition, tribute; spec. a customs-duty levied on merchandise. Now chiefly Historical.The distinction suggested by Cowell, that impost properly denotes a duty on imported goods, and custom one on goods exported, is repeated by later dictionaries; but there is no evidence that it was ever in accepted use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] yieldc950 tollc1000 tolne1023 mailOE lotlOE ransomc1325 tail1340 pensiona1387 contribution1387 scat gild14.. due1423 responsionc1447 impositionc1460 devoirs1503 excisea1513 toloney1517 impost1569 cast1597 levy1640 responde1645 reprise1818 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] tollc1000 custom1389 average1451 prest1472 impost1569 customage1595 averene1625 consumption tax1694 dogana1714 sayer1751 excise duties- 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 81 He neuer put any tribute, impost, or taxe vpon his subiectes. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4 §1 Customs, Subsidies, Imposts or other Duties within any Port of the Realm. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 70 Keeping garrison there to receiue the impostes, and customes of the arriuing vessels. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 51 The great taxe vpon wine is still called Impost, because it was imposed after the ordinary rate of payment had lasted many years. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 274 That the Inhabitants of the Cevennes, whose Houses have been burned in the Wars, shall pay no Imposts for the Term of seven Years. 1789 Const. U.S. i. §10 The net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States. 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 20 Import duties, or transit dues, and the whole range of Government imposts. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 513 A bench of Judges..declared the new impost [ship-money] to be legal. figurative.1702 Eng. Theophrastus 236 Confidence is not the favour but the impost of a prince. b. attributive, as impost-fine, impost-law; also impost-taker n. (see quot. 1699). ΚΠ 1588 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 54 Payd..vjs. viijd. for an Impost Finne to the quens maiestie of xv. akers lande. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Impost-taker, one that stands by and Lends Money to the Gamester at a very high Interest. 1806 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 4) 26 Ye, who sit..devising impost-laws. 2. Horse Racing slang. The weight which a horse has to carry in a handicap race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > equipment > [noun] > handicap weight welter weight1880 impost1883 1883 Daily News 25 June 2/1 The horse..has such a lenient impost that it will be easy to make him first favourite. 1887 Daily News 7 Feb. 2/6 His light impost might enable him to win. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). impostn.² Brit. /ˈɪmpəʊst/, /ˈɪmpɒst/, U.S. /ˈɪmˌpoʊst/ Etymology: < French imposte (1545 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Italian imposta , of same derivation as impost n.¹ Architecture. 1. The upper course of a pillar or abutment, frequently projecting in the form of an ornamental moulding or capital, on which the foot of an arch rests. Where there is no projection, the impost is said to be continuous. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > pillar as base of arch > upper course of impost1664 chaptrel1700 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 130 Imposts..are nothing but their Capitels or more protuberant heads, upon which rest the ends of the Arches. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 74 An Arch adorn'd with Imposts. 1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 229 Round pilastres, or semi-columns with flat imposts or capitals. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 258 It is better..to designate the mouldings as impost mouldings. 1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Impost The decorative impost, or point at which the ornamental impost moldings are placed, is frequently below the springing... In some archways the impost point is ornamental with horizontal moldings. 1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. II. 464 Impost block, a member which gives direct support to one side of an arch, or to the adjoining parts of two arches. †2. The hanging stile of a door or gate; hence, the leaf of a door or gate. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post postela1225 gate-cheek1513 gatepost1522 shaft1522 post1662 pier1665 impost1730 clapping-post1792 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 stay1869 shutting posta1877 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > leaf of door valvea1387 leaf1611 impost1730 folding1757 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post postOE postela1225 door-treec1300 durnc1325 puncheon1519 by-post1535 door-cheek1535 doorpost1535 side post1535 pier1665 impost1730 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 door-jamb1836 shutting posta1877 hanging-head1888 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 295 Of these three Gates, the first..has no Marks of ever having had Imposts,..the other..has two round Holes in the Stone of the Threshold..in them the Hinges of two parts of the Gates..turned round, causing the Imposts to play [It. facendo giocar le imposte]. By this we discover the manner of the ancient Imposts, called Postes by the Latins. 3. A horizontal block supported by upright stones, as at Stonehenge. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > others > specific part impost1748 matrix1861 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 308 The outer Circle of Stone-henge..in its Perfection, consisted of Sixty Stones, Thirty Uprights, and Thirty Imposts. 1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 59 These birds [sc. daws] deposit their nests in the interstices between the upright and the impost stones of that amazing work of antiquity [sc. Stonehenge]. 1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon ii. 59 Thirty upright stones sustaining as many others placed horizontally, so as to form a continuous impost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † impostv.¹ Etymology: apparently < Italian impostare ‘to set on the impost or case to a door or window’. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To set or base on imposts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (transitive)] > set on imposts impost1730 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 327 The..Wall..has no Thickness..sufficient to impost another Roof of the Wall a-new. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 407 There being no Marks of Vaults on..the Wall, in which they may have been inlaid or imposted. 2. intransitive. To begin to curve inward; to spring, as an arch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [verb (intransitive)] > of arch: curve or slant upwards summer1700 impost1730 spring1739 groin1805 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 285 The Roofs do impost, or draw in above the thickness of the Arches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). impostv.² Etymology: < impost n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈimpost. U.S. Customs. transitive. To classify (imported goods, etc.) according to their tariff designations and the rate of duties paid on them. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > exact duty on [verb (transitive)] > classify goods impost1884 1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) The entry papers..are..sent to an official who imposts them, or, in other words, classifies the articles therein described in separate columns according to the rate of duty that each is liable to pay. Derivatives ˈimposter n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > classifier imposter1884 1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) From the imposter the entries pass to other hands. ˈimposting adj. ΚΠ 1884 Harper's Mag. June 57/2 (New York Custom Ho.) Again they pass into the hands of the imposting and statistical clerks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1569n.²1664v.¹1730v.²1884
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