exactions
Compulsory tribute levied
Exactions are demands or extractions, especially of money, enforced by authority or power.
The word often implies harsh or excessive collection: The exactions of the tax collectors left villagers destitute.
Governments impose exactions on developers as conditions for permits.
The singular exaction can mean the act of demanding or the thing demanded.
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- impostTax on traded goods
- tributeOffering of respect
- titheTenth for clergy
toll · duty · tariff · excise · customs · dues · fee · charge
Forceful extraction of payment
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- gougingExploitative overpricing
tribute · protection · kickback · bribery · payoff · hush money · usury · coercion
Unjust exercise of power
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- strainExcessive stretching force
- onusResponsibility one bears
yoke · encumbrance · obligation · millstone · weight · drudgery · toll · pressure
Formal order for supplies
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
injunction · ultimatum · summons · edict · compulsion · compliance · condition · provision
levy
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- impostTax on traded goods
- tributeOffering of respect
tithe · toll · duty · tariff · excise · customs · dues · fee · charge · scot
shakedown
Forceful extraction of payment
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- racketeeringConducting illegal business schemes
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
gouging · tribute · protection · kickback · bribery · payoff · hush money · usury · coercion · ransom
oppression
Unjust exercise of power
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- strainExcessive stretching force
onus · yoke · encumbrance · obligation · millstone · weight · drudgery · toll · pressure · overload
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- stipulationCondition in an agreement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
directive · injunction · ultimatum · summons · edict · compulsion · compliance · condition · provision · prerequisite
exactionsvoluntary contributions
Freely offered gifts
donations · gifts · charity · alms · philanthropy
exactionsgrants
Awarded funds for purposes
gifts · dispensations · subsidies · disbursements · remissions