exaction
English
Etymology
From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from Latin exāctiō.
Noun
exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)
- The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
- the exaction to tribute or of obedience
- extortion.
- That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Translations
the act of demanding with authority
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that which is exacted
a severe tribute
a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice
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References
- “exaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “exaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French
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Noun
exaction f (plural exactions)
References
- “exaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
exaction
- Alternative form of exaccion
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