imposition

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] the action or process of imposing something or of being imposed: the imposition of martial law
  • 2a thing that is imposed, in particular an unfair or unwelcome demand or burden: I’d like to see you, if that wouldn’t be too much of an imposition some see the law as an unwanted imposition on their lives
  • a tax or duty.
  • 3 [mass noun] Printing the imposing of pages of type.
  • [count noun] a particular arrangement of imposed pages: samples of 16-page impositions

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin impositio(n-), from the verb imponere (see impose)