to exact
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7.2
- verb
- /ɪɡˈzækt/
- Formal
:
exigir
- So try to exact the most money from the person, try to get everything on your terms.
- exacted a heavy toll
- exacted a price
- exacted costs
They're reporting on it like this is normal, right to exact vengeance.
- They're reporting on it like this is normal, right to exact vengeance.
- And that's hard for people to reconcile too, is that you can, you can exact the punishment, you can protect yourself, but but you can still forgive.
- This pressure for immediate pay off can exact huge costs from scholars and students, and from a public hungry for real understanding.
Examples
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This pressure for immediate pay off can exact huge costs from scholars and students, and from a public hungry for real understanding.
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Laudine gives him permission to leave, but exacts a promise that he return in exactly a year.
Fiction book (1996) -
And then there could be policy differences and how you exact that change.
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Oh, you can exact retribution for your brother, but it will be at the cost of his life right now.
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He said he felt betrayed by the government and he wanted to exact some measure of revenge.
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Trying to function as both teacher and student often exacts a toll on individuality.
Academic text (1991) -
In addition, no import taxes were exacted for equipment used on these ranches.
Academic text (1993) -
I'm not looking to humiliate you or exact a price in any way so why don't you just apologise?
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Trump's promise to exact revenge won't be hindered by mere laws.
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The organization aims to exact a fair wage for all its workers through collective bargaining.
Synonyms
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2.7
To ask for something in a strong, urgent way
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exact as a verb comes from Latin exigere 'to demand', built from ex- 'out' and agere 'to drive', so it gives the image of 'driving' something out of someone, like a ruler forcing payment. That's why to exact something is to demand it strongly and get it.