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Asking for a favor while performing how sorry you are to ask for it.
means A burden or demand placed on someone else, especially one that intrudes on their time, space, or goodwill.
from From Latin imponere — 'to place upon' — built from in- ('onto') plus ponere ('to put, place'). The same root gives us 'position' and 'component.' By the 1500s English had borrowed 'imposition' for the act of laying a burden, tax, or duty on someone, and from there it slid easily into the social register: the unwelcome favor someone 'puts upon' you, apology pre-loaded.
- print origin
- pages arranged on one sheet before folding and cutting
- social sense
- emerged once politeness made burdening others a sin
- tax meaning
- old word for a duty or levy imposed by law
- the tell
- people say it right before doing it anyway