imposition, infliction
(noun) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
imposition
(noun) an uncalled-for burden; “he listened but resented the imposition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
(printing) 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.
(religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
(UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
• (act of imposing and the like): imposure, infliction, obtrusion
• (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
• (excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick
Source: Wiktionary
Im`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See Impone.]
1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. Hammond.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
3. (Eng. Univ.)
Definition: An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton.
4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Shak.
5. (Eccl.)
Definition: The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. (Print.)
Definition: The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Syn.
– Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 February 2025
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
