exaction
noun
ex·ac·tion ig-ˈzak-shən 
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Legislatively imposed exactions, the county said, were exempt from the Constitution. —
James Burling, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 These are inherently inflationary, because the exaction to create the lower prices gets offset with higher rents or prices elsewhere in the project to rationalize the losses. —Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 That bizarre approach lent itself to a Fincher-esque level of exaction while prompting interesting artistic questions. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2020 Command of an army division could be purchased for $2 million, whereupon the buyer might recoup his investment with exactions from the civilian population. —Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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James Burling, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 These are inherently inflationary, because the exaction to create the lower prices gets offset with higher rents or prices elsewhere in the project to rationalize the losses. —Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 That bizarre approach lent itself to a Fincher-esque level of exaction while prompting interesting artistic questions. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2020 Command of an army division could be purchased for $2 million, whereupon the buyer might recoup his investment with exactions from the civilian population. —Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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