Definition of imposition

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Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..

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Subject :: Subject (v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions..
Hum :: Hum (n.) An imposition or hoax.
Slur :: Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Contribution :: Contribution (n.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Beard :: Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..
Trail :: Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
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