How to pronounce impost
American English pronunciation
IM-pohst
- IPA
- /ˈɪmpoʊst/
- Syllables
- IM · pohst (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What impost means
A tax, especially one on goods brought into a country
In a sentence: Merchants grumbled about the new impost on tea arriving at the harbor.
Where it comes from: It came from French, which took it from a Latin word meaning laid on or put upon.
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