exacts
- 1Third-person singular simple present of exact.
The tax code exacts a steep penalty from anyone who files late.
Mountaineering at high altitude exacts a physical price that few appreciate.
Note
A spelling that can only be the verb. The adjective exact, meaning precise or strict, never adds -s, so the ending alone tells you which word you have. It agrees with a singular subject (the climb exacts its price), while plural subjects take bare exact and the past is exacted. It usually wants an object, often a cost or a payment, and frequently a from-phrase: it exacts obedience from its members.
exacts is a form of exact
exact, verb: To demand and enforce the payment or performance of something, sometimes forcibly or imperiously. Full entry
- Spelling
- exact → exacts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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