impost
Definitions
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- noun The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.
Examples
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The impost is the highest weight assignment since Favorite Trick received 128 pounds, after being named the 1997 Horse of the Year.
Note
The word 'impost' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to place upon'.
