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Exaction

The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extortion 76% connected

The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction;…

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Exact 74% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exact 74% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Supply noun · 85% connection

offering goods and services for sale

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Claim noun · 84% connection

demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"

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Capital account noun · 78% connection

(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities

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Consumption noun · 78% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Economic consumption noun · 78% connection

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

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Economic theory noun · 78% connection

(economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)

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Game theory noun · 78% connection

(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players

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Gresham's Law noun · 78% connection

(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more…

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marginal utility noun · 78% connection

(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service

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Monopoly noun · 78% connection

(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask…

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Monopsony noun · 78% connection

(economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer

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Moral hazard noun · 78% connection

(economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); "insurance companie…

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oligopoly noun · 78% connection

(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can i…

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Production noun · 78% connection

(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods…

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Productivity noun · 78% connection

(economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

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Rent seeking noun · 78% connection

(economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a prof…

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Rent-seeking noun · 78% connection

(economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a prof…

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Spillover noun · 78% connection

(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure

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Brennage noun · 78% connection

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Burst verb · 78% connection

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Coaction noun · 78% connection

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Coercion noun · 78% connection

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Cogency noun · 78% connection

The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Compliancy noun · 78% connection

Compliance; disposition to yield to others.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Compulsatory adjective · 78% connection

Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Compulsion noun · 78% connection

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subj…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Compulsively adverb · 78% connection

By compulsion; by force.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Compulsory adjective · 78% connection

Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Conquer verb · 78% connection

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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Contribute verb · 78% connection

To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: demanding, authority, compelling, yield, compulsion.
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