imposter
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poʊst noun
1.
a tax; tribute; duty.
2.
a customs duty.
verb (used with object)
4.
to determine customs duties on, according to the kind of imports.
Origin:
1560–70; < Medieval Latin impostus a tax, noun use of Latin impostus, variant of impositus imposed; see imposition
1560–70; < Medieval Latin impostus a tax, noun use of Latin impostus, variant of impositus imposed; see imposition
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im·post·er, noun
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impost1 (ˈɪmpəʊst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tax, esp a customs duty |
| 2. | horse racing the specific weight that a particular horse must carry in a handicap race |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (US) (tr) to classify (imported goods) according to the duty payable on them |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin impostus tax, from Latin impositus imposed; see | |
| 'imposter1 | |
| —n | |
| impost1 (ˈɪmpəʊst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tax, esp a customs duty |
| 2. | horse racing the specific weight that a particular horse must carry in a handicap race |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (US) (tr) to classify (imported goods) according to the duty payable on them |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin impostus tax, from Latin impositus imposed; see | |
| 'imposter1 | |
| —n | |
| impost2 (ˈɪmpəʊst) | |
| —n | |
| architect a member at the top of a wall, pier, or column that supports an arch, esp one that has a projecting moulding | |
| [C17: from French imposte, from Latin impositus placed upon; see | |
| impostor or imposter (ɪmˈpɒstə) | |
| —n | |
| a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan | |
| [C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see | |
| imposter or imposter | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see | |
| impostor or imposter (ɪmˈpɒstə) | |
| —n | |
| a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan | |
| [C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see | |
| imposter or imposter | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see | |
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Word Origin & History
impostor
1586, from M.Fr. imposteur, from L.L. impostorem (nom. impostor), agent noun from impostus, collateral form of impositus, pp. of imponere "place upon, impose upon, deceive," from in- "in" + ponere "to put place" (see position). Imposture "act of willfully deceiving others" first recorded 1537.
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Example sentences
Once allowed access by the homeowner, the imposter sought cash for payment of a past due bill or for performing a service.
At any one of those moments you could have been replaced by an imposter.
Please see information on imposter and fraud concerns.
Nobody has seen him in the last decade so nobody knows if it's really him or an imposter.
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