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 Critics have warned that such an imposition will spark capital flight as wealthy people decide to simply uproot, as Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have already started to do. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026 Besides Han, Yoon’s defense, safety and justice ministers, spy and police chiefs as well as some of his top military commanders have been indicted on rebellion and other charges related to the martial law imposition. —

CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026 Still, the European Commission Spokesperson Olof Gill said the current priority is still to engage and avoid the imposition of tariffs. —

Philip Wang, Time, 21 Jan. 2026 Investors were unnerved by Mali’s imposition of the new mining code, as well as punitive measures that included legal action against the company and the jailing of four of its employees. —

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Meanwhile, France's former Culture Minister Jack Lang resigned as head of a Paris cultural center over reported past financial links to Epstein that prompted a tax investigation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
All tax ideas are subject to public hearings and a vote by the tax-writing finance committee, along with approval by the full House and Senate.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026