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Definition of imposition noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

imposition

noun
 
/ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/
 
/ˌɪmpəˈzɪʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] the act of introducing something such as a new law or rule, or a new tax
    • the imposition of martial law
    • the imposition of tax on domestic fuel
    • the unilateral imposition of import quotas
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • unilateral
    • unwanted
    verb + imposition
    • justify
    • oppose
    • resist
    • …
    preposition
    • imposition on
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  2. [countable] an unfair or unreasonable thing that somebody expects or asks you to do
    • I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.
    • She felt the journey to be an unwelcome imposition on her time.
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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