impost

Mr. Chamberlain omitted to mention the last-named impost, but no doubt that was his artfulness.

This type of arcade or window is found in early German work, except that, as a rule, there is a capital under the impost block.

All that remonstrance could gain was a postponement of the stamp act till some more acceptable form of impost could be devised.

The impost of extraordinary tithe—the whole system of tithe—again, is doomed when once the country begins to live its new life.

Akin to the tax that has just been described, at least in its nature as a direct impost, is the poll or capitation tax.