Impost definitions

Impost

1) Architectural element 2) Custom 3) Customs 4) Customs duty 5) Customs levy 6) Duty 7) Duty on foreign goods 8) Tariff 9) Tax - optimist gets rid of it 10) Tribute 11) Wall bracket to support arch
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Impost

1) Customs 2) Duty 3) Springer
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impost

money collected under a tariff
the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs

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Impost

The weight a horse is allocated or carries.[2]
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_and_New_Zealand_punting

Impost

[architecture] In architecture, an impost is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch. ...
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Impost

• (n.) That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. • (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
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Impost

A tax or tariff. (This is not a commonly used word.)
Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/i.html

Impost

Wall bracket to support arch.
Found on http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.html

Impost

Wall bracket to support arch.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

impost

the moulding on which the end of an arch rests
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20559

Impost

The upper element of an abutment or pier which supports an arch barrel or other superstructure.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20934

Impost

projection marking the point from which the arch springs from its support. (Illustration)
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

Impost

Weight carried or assigned.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21627

Impost

wall bracket to support arch
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22129

Impost

The masonry piece that one end of the arch sits on.;
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22188

Impost

Horizontal band from which arch begins
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22203

Impost

Im'post noun [ Old French impost , French impot , Late Latin impostus , from Latin impostus , past participle of imponere to impose. See Impone .] 1. That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment...
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Impost

In architecture an impost is the top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. The impost is called continuous, if the mouldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break.
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