Main Entry:
1ex·act
Pronunciation: ig-'zakt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to require as payment, from Latin exactus,
past participle of exigere to drive out, demand, measure,
from ex- + agere to drive -- more at
AGENT
Date: 1564
1 : to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain <from
them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice -- D. D. Eisenhower>
2 : to call for as necessary or desirable
synonym see
DEMAND
- ex·act·able /-'zak-t&-b&l/ adjective
- ex·ac·tor also ex·act·er /-'zak-t&r/
noun
Entry Word: exact
Function: verb
Text:
1 Synonyms
EXTORT 1, gouge, pinch, screw, shake down, squeeze, wrench, wrest,
wring
2 Synonyms
LEVY, assess, impose, put (on or upon)
3 Synonyms
DEMAND 1, call, challenge, claim, postulate, require, requisition,
solicit
Related Word coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige;
extort, extract, squeeze,
wrest, wring