Definition of impost

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Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests..

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Deceiver :: Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
Deluder :: Deluder (n.) One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
Self-imposture :: Self-imposture (n.) Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
Farm :: Farm (a. & n.) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm..
Excise :: Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system..
Imposthume :: Imposthume (v. t. & i.) Same as Imposthumate.
Shammer :: Shammer (n.) One who shams; an impostor.
Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..
Imposthumated :: Imposthumated (imp. & p. p.) of Imposthumat.
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Impostured :: Impostured (a.) Done by imposture.
Duty :: Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods..
Trething :: Trething (n.) A tax; an impost.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Imposthumate :: Imposthumate (a.) Imposthumated.
Imposthumation :: Imposthumation (n.) The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.
Tallage :: Tallage (v. t.) To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Jugglery :: "Jugglery (n.) Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery..
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