exaction

exaction
index assessment (levy), assumption (seizure), blackmail, charge (cost), claim (legal demand), coercion, dun, duress, duty (tax), enforcement, excise, expense (cost), extortion, force (compulsion), forfeiture (act of forfeiting), levy, price, request, requirement, requisition, tax, toll (effect), toll (tax), ultimatum

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  • exaction — [ ɛgzaksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1365; « impôt » 1201; lat. exactio « action d exiger le paiement d un tribut, d un impôt » 1 ♦ Didact., admin. Action d exiger ce qui n est pas dû ou plus qu il n est dû (spécialt en parlant d un agent public). ⇒ extorsion,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Exaction — Ex*ac tion, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exaction — late 14c., from Fr. exaction, from L. exactionem (nom. exactio) a driving out; supervision; exaction; a tax, tribute, impost, noun of action from pp. stem of exigere (see EXACT (Cf. exact)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exaction — Exaction. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on exige plus qu il n est dû. Cet Officier, ce Fermier a fait de grandes, d horribles exactions. il y a des plaintes de ses exactions au Conseil. il ne faut point appeller cela un droit, c est une pure… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Exaction — (v. lat.), Eintreibung, Beitreibung; daher Exactor, 1) Steuercolporteur; 2) Sklav, welcher Schulden seines Herrn eintrieb, die Arbeitsleute zur Arbeit anhielt etc.; 3) unter den Kaisern der, welcher Abgaben, Fiscusgebühren, Getreide etc. eintrieb …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Exaction — Exaction, lat. deutsch, Eintreibung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • exaction — Exaction, Exactio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • exaction — ► NOUN formal 1) the action of exacting something, especially a payment. 2) a sum of money exacted …   English terms dictionary

  • exaction — [eg zak′shən, igzak′shən] n. [ME < OFr < L exactio] 1. an exacting, as of money, time, etc. 2. an excessive demand; extortion 3. an exacted fee, tax, etc …   English World dictionary

  • exaction — exact ex‧act [ɪgˈzækt] verb [transitive] formal to demand and get something from someone, especially using forceful methods: • My client is only claiming the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand. exaction noun [uncountable] …   Financial and business terms

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