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  • 71excise — ex·cise / ek ˌsīz, ˌsīs/ n 1: a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity compare income tax, property tax 2: any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee see also …

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  • 72impôt — (in pó ; le t ne se lie pas dans le parler ordinaire ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des im pô z excessifs) s. m. 1°   Nom qui ne se donnait autrefois qu aux levées passagères des deniers que le gouvernement imposait pour les besoins de l État.… …

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  • 73duty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Requisite service Nouns 1. duty, moral obligation, accountability, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden duty; call of duty; allegiance, fealty, tie; engagement, promise; part, function, calling,… …

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  • 74price — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something demanded in exchange Nouns 1. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand; fare, hire, bill, tab, rental; overhead, carrying charge or cost; rent charge, rackrent,… …

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  • 75tariff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. duty, customs, impost; price list; price, cost. See payment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. duty, rate, charge; see tax 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. tax, import tax, charge, toll, excise, assessment …

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  • 76imposture — (n.) act of willfully deceiving others, 1530s, from M.Fr. imposture, from L.L. impostura, from impostus (see IMPOST (Cf. impost)) …

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  • 77springer — /ˈsprɪŋə/ (say springuh) noun 1. someone or something that springs. 2. a springer spaniel. 3. Architecture the impost of an arch, or the bottom stone of an arch resting upon the impost. 4. (plural springer or springers) a sea fish, Mugil… …

  • 78tax — [n1] charge levied by government on property, income assessment, bite*, brokerage, capitation, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, giveaway*, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel*, price, rate, salvage,… …

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  • 79surcharge — I An overcharge; an exaction, impost, or encumbrance beyond what is just and right, or beyond one s authority or power. Term may. also refer to a second or further mortgage. The amount with which a court may charge a fiduciary who has breached… …

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  • 80spring — [spriŋ] vi. sprang or sprung, sprung, springing [ME springen < OE springan, akin to Du & Ger springen < IE * sprenĝh , to move quickly (< base * sper , to jerk) > Sans spṛhayati, (he) strives for] 1. to move suddenly and rapidly;… …

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