exaction

Definitions


[ɛɡˈzakʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment
(e.g: he supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin exactio(n-), from exigere ‘ascertain, perfect, enforce’ (see exact)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries