- Look up
impost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Impost may mean: A type of tax,
especially a tax
levied on
imports A
handicap (usually a lead weight)...
- In architecture, an
impost or
impost block is a
projecting block resting on top of a
column or
embedded in a wall,
serving as the base for the springer...
- mints. He
stated that it
would be US
policy "to
collect the
duties and
imposts"; "there will be no invasion, no
using of
force against or
among the people...
- of an arch, or
masonry used to
resist the
lateral forces of a vault. The
impost or
abacus of a
column in
classical architecture may also
serve as an abutment...
-
soffit is the
curved inner surface of the arch or
vault located above the
impost, as
opposed to the
outer surface called the arch or
vault crest. Jamb statue...
- An
indiction (Latin: indictio,
impost) was a
periodic re****essment of
taxation in the
Roman Empire which took
place every fifteen years. In Late Antiquity...
- above,
transferring it from
stone to
stone to the springer's
bottom face (
impost),
which is
horizontal and p****es the
thrust on to the supports. Voussoir...
- in
February 1781, to give
Congress the
power to
collect a five
percent impost, or duty on all imports, but this
required ratification by all states; securing...
- Constitution: "Congress
shall have
Power To lay and
collect Taxes, Duties,
Imposts and Excises." But
Congress has
repeatedly shifted its
powers regarding...
- the
profitability of industries. In
capitalist production, a
basic profit impost is the
normal precondition for the
supply of
goods and services. When competition...
