impost

n. 税款, 关税 vt. 决定关税, 分类课税

发音

UK /ˈɪmpəʊst/
其它
US /ˈɪmpoʊst/

词形变化

imposts 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.

    历史

    1752, David Hume, Political Discourses, Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, “Of Taxes,” p. 120, […] a duty upon commodities checks itself; and a prince will soon find, that an encrease of the impost is no encrease of his revenue.

  2. 2.

    The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race; the handicap.

    俚语 体育 动物学
  3. 1.

    The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.

    建筑

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

customs custom springer customs duty

上位词 3

duty stone tariff

下位词 1

ship money

整体词 1

arch

词源

Borrowed from Middle French impost, itself borrowed or adapted from Latin impōsitus, past participle of impōnō (“to impose”).

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