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im⋅po⋅si⋅tion

  [im-puh-zish-uhn]
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–noun
1. the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
2. something imposed, as a burden or duty; an unusual or extraordinarily burdensome requirement or task.
3. the act of imposing by or as if by authority.
4. an instance of imposing upon a person: He did the favor but considered the request an imposition.
5. the act of imposing fraudulently or deceptively on others; imposture.
6. the ceremonial laying on of hands, as in confirmation or ordination.
7. Printing. the arrangement of page plates in proper order on a press for printing a signature.
8. the act of putting, placing, or laying on.
Origin:
1325–75; ME imposicioun < LL impositiōn- (s. of impositiō), equiv. to imposit(us) ptp. of impōnere to place upon, impose (im- im- 1 + posi-, var. s. of pōnere to put + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion
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im·po·si·tion   (ĭm'pə-zĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed.
  2. Something imposed, such as a tax, an undue burden, or a fraud.
  3. A burdensome or unfair demand, as upon someone's time: listened to the telemarketer but resented the imposition.
  4. Printing The arrangement of printed matter to form a sequence of pages.
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Imposition

Im`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See Impone.]

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." --Milton.

Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. --Hammond.

2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. --T. Warton.

4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. --Shak.

5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.

6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Syn: Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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imposition 
c.1374, "the levying of taxes, a tax, duty," from O.Fr. imposition (1317), from L. impositionem (nom. impositio) "a laying on," from imponere "to place upon," from in- "into" + ponere "to put, place" (see position). Sense of "the act of putting (something) on (something else)" is from 1597. Meaning "an act of imposing" (on someone) first recorded 1632 (see impose).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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