imposts

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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

First, they concealed the horse’s superb form from track racing secretaries, who assigned imposts.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand