Entry: impost (n.)
In context: "...before O.N.A.N.ite experialist impost made any sort of struggle or sacrifice remotely necessary..."
Definition: A tax, duty, imposition, tribute; spec. a customs-duty levied on merchandise. Now chiefly Hist.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 482
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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