Middle English Dictionary Entry
exacten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | exacten v. Ppl. exact. |
| Etymology | From L exāctum, ppl. of exigere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To require or demand (money or goods) by way of payment of a fee or the like; to impose or collect (a tax).
Associated quotations
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick350b : That ye exacte no money ne none other gode for the receyvyng other then thai or thaire frendes of thaire fre wylle..wylle gyfe yowe.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)22/8 : Lestage is a custum exact yn feyrys & merkatis.