'Exaction' definitions:
Definition of 'exaction'
(from WordNet)
noun
Act of demanding or levying by force or authority; "exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees"
Definition of 'Exaction'
From: GCIDE
- 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, extortion. [1913 Webster]
- Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek. xlv. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exaction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admission,
- admission fee,
- anchorage,
- blackmail,
- bother,
- brokerage,
- burdening,
- call,
- call for,
- carfare,
- cellarage,
- charge,
- charges,
- charging,
- claim,
- contribution,
- cover charge,
- demand,
- demand for,
- dockage,
- draft,
- drain,
- dues,
- duty,
- entrance fee,
- exactment,
- extortion,
- extortionate demand,
- fare,
- fee,
- freighting,
- heavy demand,
- hire,
- imposing an onus,
- imposition,
- impost,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconvenience,
- indent,
- infliction,
- insistent demand,
- laying on,
- levy,
- license fee,
- loading,
- loading down,
- nonnegotiable demand,
- notice,
- obtrusiveness,
- order,
- pilotage,
- portage,
- presumptuousness,
- rending,
- requirement,
- requisition,
- ripping,
- rush,
- rush order,
- salvage,
- scot,
- scot and lot,
- shot,
- storage,
- tasking,
- tax,
- taxing,
- tearing,
- toll,
- towage,
- tribute,
- trouble,
- ultimatum,
- unwarranted demand,
- warning,
- weighting,
- wharfage,
- wrench,
- wrenching,
- wrest,
- wresting,
- wring,
- wringing