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   exaction

   /ɪɡˈzakʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment: formal "he supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports"
   • ▪ a sum of money exacted from someone: formal "the billions flow in through 28 taxes and countless smaller exactions"

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

   Scrabble Points: 17

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