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Impost vs Toll - What's the difference?

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Impost is a related term of toll.


As nouns the difference between impost and toll

is that 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 while toll is custom (duty collected at the borders).

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.

    • toll

    English

    (wikipedia toll)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
  • A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  • (label) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
  • (label) A tollbooth.
  • A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  • A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
    • Derived terms
    * death toll * toll road * toll bridge * toll booth * * tollgate

    References

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To impose a fee for the use of.
  • (label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  • * Shakespeare
  • (label) To take as a toll.
  • To pay a toll or tallage.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by (toil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or sound of tolling

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
  • (label) To summon by ringing a bell.
  • * Dryden
  • (label) To announce by tolling.
  • * Beattie
    • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), (m), variation of (m), .

    Alternative forms

    * tole, toal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  • (label) To tear in pieces.
  • (label) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
  • (label) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).
    • Synonyms
    * (to lure animals) , lure

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  • (label) To suspend.