impost

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

In January 1790, his “Report on the Public Credit” revived Robert Morris’s earlier call for a funded public debt, guaranteed by the impost and new taxes on coffee, tea, and imported alcohol.

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

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

The highter the impost, the greater the risk of injury, a significant concern for Seabiscuit, who had a history of leg trouble.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The spending clause allows Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises all for the general welfare of the United States.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

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

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

Many top horses before him, such as his grandsire, Man o’ War, had been retired prematurely to avoid high imposts.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand