imposition

IPA: ɪmpʌzˈɪʃʌn

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
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.

Examples of "imposition" in Sentences

Their first imposition is the actual price of the product, the unit cost.
"That is what we have rejected," Kissinger explains: "That is what we call the imposition, under the thinnest veneer, of a Communist government."
Or are they hypocrites who want to impose their idea of “justice” only when the imposition is on some other citizen they consider stupid or racist or retarded?
Under the Tea Party interpretation that the Tenth limits the federal government in imposition of post ratification law, the Tenth is, logically, self nullifying.
It's hard to argue the contrary, even if the imposition is a complex one, involving peer pressure, advertising, the community, male-biased cultural values and so on.
Some criticize it because they suspect the standard will not be the product of a search for the best among different styles, but will simply be an imposition from the United States.
Dr. Johnson shewed, that 'what he called imposition, was only a voluntary declaration of agreement in certain articles of faith, which a church has a right to require, just as any other society can insist on certain rules being observed by its members.