exactĭo, ōnis, f. [exigo]. *
I A driving out , expelling : (regum), Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37 (perh. only on account of the preceding exactis regibus).—
II A demanding , exacting , requisition.
A In gen.: in exhibendis operariis, Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 8: quotidiana, operis, Col. 11, 1, 26.—Hence, the supervision , conduct of a public work; cf. exactor, II. A.: operum publicorum, Cic. Dom. 20, 51.—Far more freq.,
B In partic., a calling in , collecting of debts, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. Leg. 2, 20, 51; Liv. 38, 38; Dig. 42, 8, 24: vectigalium, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 28 et saep.—
2 Transf., a tax , tribute , impost : acerbissima capitum atque ostiorum, poll and hearth tax , Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: publicae, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32; cf. illicitae, Tac. A. 13, 51; and: exactionum [auctionum PHI] coactor (pater Horatii), Suet. Vit. Hor.—
III A finishing , completion , Vitr. 3, 1; 6, 11; Aus. Idyll. 11, 5.