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exaction

/ig-zak-shuhn/US // ɪgˈzæk ʃən //UK // (ɪɡˈzækʃən) //

征收,征收费用,收费,征税

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of exacting; extortion: the exactions of usury.
    • : an amount or sum exacted.

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Examples

  • By statute and order the Central Authority had authorised compulsory detention for four hours and the exaction of a task of work.

  • The violent altercation witnessed by Clameran's new valet, Joseph Dubois, had been caused by the exaction of this promise.

  • But the stern customs of his people had made too severe an exaction of the feeble old man.

  • How can he be fed, clothed, and warmed without the State making its existence felt by the exaction of a tithe?

  • The allies no sooner obtained possession of central Europe than they outdid its recent master in every species of exaction.