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Impost vs Excise - What's the difference?

impost | excise |

As a noun impost

is a tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise or impost can be the top part of a column or pillar that supports an arch.

As a verb excise is

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impost

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) impost, from (etyl) impositus, past participle of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 56:
    • New universal direct taxes had to be introduced [...], while the burden of indirect taxes was also made heavier, with new imposts being levied on an ensemble of items ranging from playing cards to wigs.
  • The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.
  • (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap.

    • See also

    * imposter, impostor, impose

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) imposta, from (etyl) imposta

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top part of a column or pillar that supports an arch.

    • excise

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) excijs, altered under the influence of Latin .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia excise) (en noun)
  • A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
  • * 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
    • Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize , did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.
  • * 1755, , A Dictionary of the English Language , "excise",
    • A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
  • * 1787, ,
    • The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises , to pay the debts of the United States;
    Synonyms
    * excise tax
    Derived terms
    * central excise * excise house * exciseman * unexcised

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To impose an excise tax on something.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) exciser, from (etyl) excisus, past participle of .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To cut out; to remove.
  • * 1846 , William Youatt, The Dog ,
    • [T]hey [warts] may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
  • * 1901, , Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion ,
    • In revising the book I have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
  • * 1987 , , page 442 of Small Sacrifices ,
    • Insanity]] can be cured. Personality disorders are so [[inextricable, inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
  • (rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.
    • Related terms
    * excision