imposition

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/

imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
3. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
4. (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.
5. (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
6. (Britain) 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

• imposition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imposition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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imposition f (plural impositions)

1. imposition (all senses)

imposition

1. Alternative form of imposicioun