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Meaning of exacting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

exacting

verb

Definitions

  1. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

    Example: to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone

  2. To make desirable or necessary.

  3. To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    Example: to exact revenge on someone

adjective

Definitions

  1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.

  2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.

  3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.