impost

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About 42% of Americans say the economy and cost of living is the most impost important issue facing the country today, a CNN poll External link this month found.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

He tells clients in a note that a sale for A$500 million plus appropriate brand value, with only a modest capital gains tax impost, would be positively received by investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

As early as 1781, superintendent of finance and Philadelphia financier Robert Morris had proposed an amendment to the Articles of Confederation that would authorize a 5 percent impost, or import tariff.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

In the 1968 Washington Park Handicap in Chicago, carrying an impost of 134 pounds, Dr. Fager won by 10 lengths and set the mile record of 1 minute 32 1/5 seconds.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2015

Then as now, all racehorses were assigned a weight, called an impost, to carry in each race.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand