Thesaurus results for IMPOSITION

imposition

noun

ˌim-pə-ˈzi-shən

as in tax

a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use an imposition of 10% on imported goods

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Recent Examples of imposition This was followed by the imposition of periodic payments under threat. —

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026 The presidential couple suffered a dramatic fall from grace after Yoon’s martial law imposition in December 2024 led to his impeachment and eventually removal from office. —

ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026 The issuance of $511,480,700 of public securities for streets and mobility infrastructure improvements and the imposition of taxes sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the public securities. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026 The imposition of new city, county or state taxes should be far from being primary options. —

Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for imposition

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Noun

While some of the sales tax changes were added to the budget, the section that reallocated some of the tax to tourism was not.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
The rest of the production had been much harder—particularly because, to his frustration, he’d been forced to film primarily in Atlanta rather than in Oakland, after a year of maddening delays led to the production losing its California tax rebate.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026