exaccioun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === exaccion, exaccione, exaction, exactioun === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French exaction, ultimately from Latin exāctiōn-, oblique stem of exāctiō; equivalent to ex- +‎ accioun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˌsaksiˈuːn/, /ɛkˈsaksjun/ === Noun === exaccioun (plural exacciouns) Compulsion, requisitioning, or exaction; the coercion of payment. (Late Middle English) An instance of taxation; a charge. ==== Descendants ==== English: exaction Middle Scots: exactioun ==== References ==== “exacciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 August 2018.