is also used in phrases like exact a terrible toll and exact a highheavy price to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.
precise (sharply and clearly defined or stated) [adj EXACTER, EXACTEST] / to force the payment or yielding of [v EXACTED, EXACTING, EXACTS] : EXACTINGLY [adv]
precise; accurate
to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain.
to compel payment of [v -ED, -ING, -S] / precise (sharply and clearly defined or stated) [adj EXACTER, EXACTEST]
