English-Thai Dictionary

imposition

N การ เก็บภาษี  การ เก็บ ค่าธรรมเนียม  การ กำหนด โทษ  injunction superaddition kan-keb-pa-se

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPOSITION

n.s as z. [L. impositio. See Impose. ] 1. In a general sense, the act of laying on.
2. The act of laying on hands in the ceremony of ordination, when the bishop in the episcopal church, and the ministers in congregational churches, place their hands on the head of the person whom they are ordaining, while one prays for a blessing on his labors. The same ceremony is used in other cases.
3. The act of setting on or affixing to; as the imposition of names.
4. That which is imposed; a tax, toll, duty or excise laid by authority. Tyrants oppress their subjects with grievous impositions.
5. Injunction, as of a law or duty.
6. Constraint; oppression; burden.
Let it not be made, contrary to its own nature, the occasion of strife, a narrow spirit, and unreasonable impositions on the mind and practice.
7. Deception; imposture.
Being acquainted with his hand, I had no reason to suspect an imposition.
8. A supernumerary exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPOSITION

Im `po *si "tion, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: 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.)

 

Defn: The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.

 

6. (Print. )

 

Defn: The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.

 

Syn. -- Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imposition

im po si tion |ˌimpəˈziSHən ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the action or process of imposing something or of being imposed: the imposition of martial law. 2 a thing that is imposed, in particular an unfair or unwelcome demand or burden: I'd like to see you, if that wouldn't be too much of an imposition. • a tax or duty. • Christian Church the laying-on of hands, as in blessing or ordination. 3 Printing the imposing of pages of type. • a particular arrangement of imposed pages: some samples of 16 -page impositions. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin impositio (n- ), from the verb imponere (see impose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

imposition

im |pos ¦ition |ɪmpəˈzɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action or process of imposing something or of being imposed: the imposition of martial law. 2 a thing that is imposed, in particular an unfair or unwelcome demand or burden: I'd like to see you, if that wouldn't be too much of an imposition. some see the law as an unwanted imposition on their lives. • a tax or duty. 3 [ mass noun ] Printing the imposing of pages of type. • [ count noun ] a particular arrangement of imposed pages: samples of 16 -page impositions. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin impositio (n- ), from the verb imponere (see impose ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imposition

imposition noun 1 the imposition of an alien culture: imposing, foisting, forcing, inflicting. 2 the imposition of tax on consumables: levying, charging, application, applying, enforcement, enforcing, enjoining; setting, establishment, introduction, institution. 3 it would be no imposition: burden, encumbrance, strain, bother, worry; informal hassle, drag.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imposition

imposition noun 1 the imposition of an alien culture on the indigenous inhabitants: imposing, foisting, forcing, inflicting, obtruding, pressing. 2 the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel: levying, charging, exacting, application, applying, enforcement, enforcing; setting, establishment, fixing, laying, introduction, institution; decreeing, ordainment, enactment, promulgation; informal slapping, clapping. 3 it would be no imposition, I assure you: burden, load, onus, encumbrance, strain, demand, pressure, charge, bother, worry; informal hassle. 4 the government began levying special impositions: tax, levy, duty, charge, tariff, toll, excise, tithe, fee, impost, exaction, payment; rare mulct.

 

French Dictionary

imposition

imposition n. f. nom féminin Action de faire payer un impôt. : Les taux d ’imposition. Année d ’imposition. Période utilisée par le fisc pour l ’imposition d ’un contribuable (GDT ). : Au Canada et au Québec, l ’année d ’imposition coïncide avec l ’année civile pour les personnes physiques et avec l ’exercice financier pour les personnes morales. Avis d ’imposition. Document établissant le montant des impôts fonciers et taxes que le contribuable doit à une Administration (GDT ). : La ville vient de transmettre les avis d ’imposition (et non *comptes de taxes ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imposition

im po si tion /ɪ̀mpəzɪ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U «税 重荷 仕事 条件などを /…に » 課す [負わせる ]こと, «…の /…への » 賦課 «of /on, upon » ▸ oppose the imposition of consumption tax 消費税導入に反対する 2 C 賦課物, 税, 負担 .3 U C 押しつけ (ること ).4 C (好意などに )つけ込むこと .5 C だますこと ; 詐欺行為 .6 C 〘印 〙組付け .