What is the meaning of IMPOSE. Phrases containing IMPOSE
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n.
A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
n.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
n.
A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
v. t.
To impose unfairly; to palm off.
v. t.
To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.
v. t.
To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
n.
To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
v. t.
To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
n.
One who imposes.
n.
Tax; sum imposed.
n.
A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
v. t.
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
v. t.
To impose a fine upon; to fine.
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
a.
Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.
n.
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
n.
A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
n.
A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
n.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
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