单词 | exaction |
释义 | exactionn. The action of exacting. 1. a. The action of demanding and enforcing payment (of fees, taxes, penalties, etc.); an instance of the same. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 517 Þe þinggus þat ben duwe to prest shulde..be ȝoven frely, wiþouten exaccioun. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iv. 27 Exactioun of tributis perteynede to hym. 1489 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1597) §18 Of the quhilk tak thair, and exaction thairof, our Souerane Lord..knew na..cause. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 163 What should I gaine by the exaction of the forfeyture? View more context for this quotation 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 6 Assigning of places for the exaction of it [customs]. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 30 He was the proper object of penal exaction. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland 108 He could not allow that its [tithe's] exaction deserved the name of plunder. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 303 Exactions of market and harbour dues. b. The action of enforcing the performance of (a task) or the rendering of (respect, service, obedience, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling the fulfilment or performance of enforcement1609 exacting1666 exaction1674 exactment1808 1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 93 He..is strictly just in the exaction of respect. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 161 The exaction of a written dissertation on a given thesis..seems likely to be efficacious. 2. The action of demanding or requiring more than is due or customary; an instance of the same; an illegal or exorbitant demand; extortion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxiv. f. xxiiiv [Allectus] vsed and excercysyd many Tyrannyes and exaccions. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India Complaintes against Mutezuma of many wrongs and exactions done by him. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 180 The Master..(who as he was an Infidell, vsed me with great exaction). a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 21 Great exactions used by the innkeepers at Gravesend. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 286 Tyrannous exaction brings on servile concealment. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xiv. 108 The Christians of the plain are especially exposed to exactions of the Government. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 348 We may, without being chargeable with exaction, ask of him to remit a little the rigour of his requirements. 3. A sum of money which is exacted; an arbitrary and excessive impost. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > excessive, arbitrary, or illegal maletolta1325 exaction1398 uncustom1569 bondage1658 extortion1727 squeeze1858 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xix. 205 Lordes..ouersette..the people wyth exaccyons and talyages. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 177 Many cytées in Gyan felle fro þe obediens of Prince Edward..for greuous exacciones þat were leyde upon hem. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) Introd. 53 The kyng of Swecia wolde haue charged his comons with a great exacion. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 26 They vent reproches Most bitterly on you, as putter on Of these exactions . View more context for this quotation 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iv. 112 The small balance of fifteen thousand pounds remaining of the unjust exaction aforesaid. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. viii. 256 The exactions might have been tolerated if the people had been repaid by protection. 4. a. Law. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 149 Extortion is where an Officer demaundeth and wresteth a greater summe or reward than his iust fee: And Exaction is where an Officer or other man demaundeth and wresteth a fee..where no fee..is due at all. 1672 in Cowel's Interpr. b. (See quot. 1816 and exact v. 7). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons citationc1325 summonancec1410 process1423 summons1429 summonitionc1455 venire facias1463 letters citatory1465 summonda1500 interpellation1579 butterfly1583 exploit1622 monition1649 cital1760 venire1763 exaction1816 assignation1884 blister1903 bluey1909 blue1939 1816 Chitty Crim. Law I. 359 The five exactions or callings of the defendant, and his non-appearance at the five successive county courts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380 |
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