EXACTION


Meaning of EXACTION in English

/ig zak"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act of exacting; extortion: the exactions of usury.

2. an amount or sum exacted.

[ 1350-1400; ME exactioun exaction- (s. of exactio ) a demanding. See EXACT, -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .