imposition

noun

The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed.

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Something imposed, such as a tax, an undue burden, or a fraud.

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A burdensome or unfair demand, as upon someone’s time.

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The arrangement of printed matter to form a sequence of pages.

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A placing, putting, or laying on: as, the imposition of hands in ordination or confirmation.

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The act of positing or fixing; affixment; attachment: with on or upon.

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A laying or placing as a burden or obligation; the act of levying, enjoining, enforcing, or inflicting: as, the imposition of taxes or of laws.

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In printing, the laying of pages of type or plates upon an imposing-stone or the bed of a press, and securing them in a chase. See impose, v. t., 6.

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That which is laid on, enjoined, levied, enforced, or inflicted, as a burden, tax, duty, or restriction; specifically (in the plural), in English history, duties upon imports and exports imposed at the pleasure of the king.

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A trick or deception; a fraud; an imposture.