imposition

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. (countable, uncountable) An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
4. (countable, uncountable) A trick or deception put or laid on others.
5. (countable, uncountable) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
6. (countable, uncountable) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
7. (UK, countable, uncountable) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

Synonyms

fraud

tax

trick

infliction

deception

taxation

imposture

levy

deceit

delusion

impost

laying on

swindle

cheat

hoax

charge

trickery

enforcement

humbug

edict

fake

fallacy

fee

fiat

fold

forgery

gammon

guile

gyp

handicap

hem

house

🏠

hypocrisy

implantation

imposing

injunction

intrusion

lay

liability

mental strain

obtrusion

order

place

ploy

prescript

prescription

pressing

pretence

punishment

requisition

Translations

imposizione

imposición

imposition

impôt

impuesto

vergi

Auferlegung

tributo

taxe

carga

επιβολή

contribution

imposto

imposta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: imposicioun

In summary

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.