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单词 impost
释义
impost
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WORD FAMILY
impost: imposts
USAGE EXAMPLES
Helen 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
Syn|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
2
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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