Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tax
• levy
• tariff
• impost
• duty
• assessment
• excise
• income tax
• direct tax
• capitation
• property tax
• personal tax
• surtax
• supertax
• tribute
• single tax
• poll tax
• sales tax
• withholding tax
• toll
• value-added tax
• inheritance tax
• surcharge
• hidden tax
• death tax
• estate tax
• proportional tax
• flat tax
• custom(s)
• sin tax

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imposition

Newsweek Illustration/Canva/Getty Ross, now 87, served as Secretary of Commerce for the entirety of Trump's first term, a tenure marked by the threat or imposition of tariffs on various goods, as well as the commencement of the trade war with China that has persisted ever since. —Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025

The United States’ global retrenchment on LGBTQ issues also creates an opening for local activists to push back on claims in many countries that such rights are foreign or neocolonial impositions. —Ari Shaw, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025

But another source of revenue is emerging alongside the imposition and dutiful payment of these tariffs—catching tariff cheaters. —Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025

The imposition of a 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the US has been greeted with shock, despair and much ire in Switzerland – the main newspaper NZZ greeting the move as ‘absurd’. —Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025