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From England alone, as much as 160,000 pounds had been paid out of the country in fifty years;[350] and the impost was alike oppressive to individuals and injurious to the state.

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  1. noun Something, such as a tax or duty, that is imposed.
  2. noun Sports The weight a horse must carry in a handicap race.
  3. noun The uppermost part of a column or pillar supporting an arch.

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  1. Obsolete French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin impostum, from Latin, neuter of impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impōnere, to place upon; see impose.
  2. French imposte, from Italian imposta, from Latin, feminine past participle of impōnere, to place upon; see impose.

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  1. In def. 1, from Old French impost, French impôt, masculine (= Portuguese imposto. masculine, Italian imposta, feminine), from Middle Latin impostus, masculine, imposita, feminine, a tax imposed; in def. 2, from French imposte = Spanish Portuguese Italian imposta, feminine, an impost in architecture; from Latin impositus, inpositus, past participle of imponere, inponere, lay upon, impose: see impone, impose.
 

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