单词 | reimposition |
释义 | reimpositionn. The act of reimposing something; an instance of this; a reimposed tax. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [noun] > reimposed reimposition1776 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > imposition of a duty, charge, or task > reimposition reimposition1816 reimposure1855 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling acceptance of or imposition > renewed reimposition1816 reimposure1855 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 464 Such reimpositions [sc. of taxes in pre-revolutionary France] are always over and above the taille of the particular year in which they are laid on. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ii. 25 Abetting the re-imposition of what they know to be imbecile, odious, and unjust. 1860 J. Bright in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 158 281 They would never consent to the reimposition of a church rate. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 5/2 Meditating a reimposition of the tax on corn. 1921 School Rev. 29 759 A great deal of this demand for the reimposition of fees derives its force from this fear of competition, a considerable amount of snobbishness, and a fear of increased taxation. 1979 F. Jameson Fables of Aggression ii. 60 The reimposition of a framework that allows powerfully antinarrative tendencies to be safely renarrativized. 2005 G. Sheffield & J. Bourne in D. Haig War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 511 Wilson made it clear from the outset that the United States' aspirations were of a ‘higher’ and ‘purer’ kind than the reimposition of a discredited diplomatic abstraction like the European balance of power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776 |
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