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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

Congress quickly passed the 5 percent impost on imports that reformers had vainly sought from the Confederation.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

She defied a penalty at Lingfield last time with ease and another 6lb impost for that victory is unlikely to stop her such was the manner of her success.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013

As reported by Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Crosby was not tame in his criticism of the hits and the league’s decision to not impost supplementary discipline.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2011

After Seabiscuit’s extraordinarily easy win in Tijuana, the Bay Meadows racing secretary had proposed assigning him 136 pounds, but Howard had intercepted him and charmed 3 pounds off of his horse’s impost.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Article I, Section 8 allows Congress to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2019

In policy matters, he proved obtuse, recommending, in one of his first initiatives, a blanket cancellation of all trade imposts.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 6, 2018

The Constitution’s uniformity provision, which requires that all duties, imposts, and excises be uniform across the United States, can be viewed in the same light.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2017

He and others, including former President Madison, argued that Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gave Congress the power to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises.”

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

To make races more competitive, tracks schedule “handicap” races, in which a racing secretary, also called a track handicap- per, assigns more accomplished horses higher weights, or imposts, than less accomplished horses.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand