Definition of imposition

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Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..

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Hum :: Hum (n.) An imposition or hoax.
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..
Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..
Take-in :: Take-in (n.) Imposition; fraud.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Beard :: Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
Contribution :: Contribution (n.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Humbuggery :: Humbuggery (n.) The practice of imposition.
Protection :: Protection (n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade..
Injustice :: Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
Sell :: Sell (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Trail :: Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
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