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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪmpəʊst/Part of speech nounSorted imopstStarts with IEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the lowest stone in an arch — from which it springs

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • ’Tis a Land-tax, vvhich he’s too poor to pay; / You, therefore muſt ſome other Impoſt lay.
  • […] before the sequestration of emigrant property, I had remitted the imposts they had ceased to pay;
  • The Ashanti traded with the tribes to the north and with coastal folk to the south, and caravans going in either direction were liable for imposts according to the nature of the goods they carried.

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