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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Exactioun, n. Also: exaccione, -ioun, exactyown, -tion. [ME. exaccioun, exactioun (Wyclif), exaccion, -yon, OF. exaction, L. exactio.] An exaction; an oppressive demand.a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 267.
He … mad it fre … Of al warldly exaccione 1392 Lennox Mun. 46.
Al maner of exactioune, custom or demavnde, that may be askyt c1420 Wynt. iv. 1993.
Till tyrandys quhilum wndyrloute, … And wndyre gret exactyown Haldyn in till supprysiowine Ib. vii. 253.
Hys legys supprysand Be gret grewous exactyownys 1478 Acta Aud. 69/2.
Foure merkis wortht of his landis … fre of all exactioun, seruice, court or plaint 1497 Acta Conc. II. 55.
Payand … twenti five merkis … for al uther chargis, deuiteis, doservice, exaccions, or ony maner of wardly askynnis that thareof may be askit 1562-3 Winȝet I. 8/7.
The depaupering the tennentis be ȝour fewis, augmentationis, and utheris exactionis 1641 Peebles B. Rec. 104.
The sheref fie, shereffis glowes, tolles, customes, impositiounes, exactiounes, and all vther fies [etc.]
