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exaction

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A payment or demand imposed with severity or unfairness.

The villagers protested the ruler's burdensome exactions.

Dictionary practice example.

An exaction in a fictional fair contract requires stallholders to surrender half their daily takings on top of the fee they already agreed to pay.