A rare English word surviving mainly in Anglo-Indian administrative writing, where it described the levying of a tax, fine, or duty imposed by an authority.
A rare English word surviving mainly in Anglo-Indian administrative writing, where it described the levying of a tax, fine, or duty imposed by an authority. In standard English, 'imposition' covered the same ground, which is why 'imposement' remained marginal — a bureaucratic formation that never fully naturalised.
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The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
(obsolete) An act of placing or putting on something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, a task, etc.; an imposition.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
The traders protested against the imposement of an additional toll on goods crossing the bridge.
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(obsolete, rare, except, India) Imposition.
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