exactio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

exāctiō ōnis, f

ex + 1 AG-, a driving out, expelling : (regum).— A driving, conduct, supervision : operum publicorum.—Fig., a collecting, exaction : pecuniae: earum (pecuniarum), L.: frumenti, Ta.— A tax, tribute, impost : acerbissima capitum atque ostiorum, poll and hearth tax .