লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
impost
In a fiscal context, this term is highly formal and somewhat archaic, often replaced in modern usage by "tax," "duty," or "levy." It carries a connotation of an official, often compulsory, financial burden imposed by a sovereign or governing body.
In architectural terminology, the word refers to a specific structural element. It is a technical term used primarily by architects and historians to describe the transition point between a vertical support and a curving arch.
Meanings
Examples
The government decided to increase the impost on imported luxury goods.
How can we afford this heavy impost on our trade?
The merchant grumbled about the new impost levied at the border.
A steep impost was placed on salt to fund the royal army.
The total impost for the quarter exceeded the company's projections.
The arch rests securely upon a carved stone impost.
Look at the intricate detailing on the impost of that pillar.
The architect specified a reinforced impost to support the weight of the vault.