Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. 2. (n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EXACTION eg-zak'-shun: (1) mashsha' (Nehemiah 10:31), a demand for money lent on pledge, which the Jews agreed to forego in the seventh year; (2) gerushah (Ezekiel 45:9, "your exactions," the Revised Version, margin "expulsions"), eviction from house and home.

Multi-Version Concordance Exaction (2 Occurrences) 2 Corinthians 9:5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. (See RSV) Nehemiah 5:10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. (See JPS)