Complete Definition of "imposition"

English

Noun
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  1. The act of impose|imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtrude|obtruding, and the like.
  2. That which is imposed, levy|levied, or enjoined.
  3. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.

Synonyms
(The act of imposing and the like): infliction, obtrusion
(That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
(An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

Translations
trans-top|The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like
Finnish: määrääminen, asettaminen
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trans-top|That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined
Finnish: määräys, asetus
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trans-top|An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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