The phrase "impose a compromise" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it any time you want to express the idea of two people, parties, or groups reaching an agreement in which both sides make some concessions or sacrifices. For example: The two sides could not agree on the terms of the contract, so they had to impose a compromise to satisfy both parties.
Mr. Putin let them abuse each other in the media for several days before a security council meeting on Aug. 11 when he reportedly imposed a compromise between the nuclear rocket forces and the conventional forces.
He does not like abortion, but he urges Republicans to accept that Roe v. Wade, modified by the restrictions that states have been allowed to impose, is a compromise acceptable to most of the country, and he argues that concerted efforts to roll it back will only prove politically counterproductive.
The compromise plan would impose a 30 percent tax on profits from iron ore and coal, the two largest Australian exports, and a 40 percent tax on profits from oil and natural gas projects.
In the end, the two side compromised, agreeing to impose a new 6percenttaxax on gross advertising revenue rather than increase fees across the board.
Opponents of the compromise would like to impose a ban on all commercial whaling but allow a limited catch by indigenous peoples for subsistence.
The court will impose a plan if the Legislature and Gov. George E. Pataki fail to strike a deal, but a compromise is still possible, and the court has yet to impose a deadline.
O'Neill's challenge: impose a little discipline.
But after an outcry from fishermen and state officials, Judge Kessler imposed a less stringent compromise.
The McFadden Act of 1927 permanently established the Federal Reserve system, but in a political compromise, imposed a ban on banks opening new branches across state lines.
But that would impose an intolerable burden.
