单词 | impost |
释义 | impost (once / 4407 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY impost: imposts USAGE EXAMPLESHelen Luther once watched a rider step on a scale, only to see that he was over his horse’s assigned impost. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend(2001) Then there was the issue of taxes - higher rates, lower rates, imposts upon people whose houses were just too darn big. BBC(May 08, 2015) "I think it will be a big economic impost when people start to opt not to do things because of the heat," says Ms Hanna. BBC(Nov 30, 2014) 1 n money collected under a tariff 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper custom, customs, customs duty ship money an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense duty, tariff a government tax on imports or exports n the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs Syn|Hyper springer stone building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose |
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