Word: exaction
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...honors and scholarships were awarded with exact regard to the proportionate merits of a man's work under different instructors, there would be little cause for complaint. But the fact is that all awards are made by an absolute standard of the mere marks obtained, which often enough misrepresent the real comparative worth of different men's work under the present regime...
...sale on commission, and shall remit to the depositors the proceeds of such sales after deducting the commissions. He shall make all purchases on behalf of the society, of books, stationers' materials, coal, wood, and such other articles as may be specified by the directors, and shall keep an exact and full account of the same, and also a separate and exact account of articles received for sale on commission, and the proceeds, and disposition of the proceeds thereof, as well as of all other sales, and of cash received from fees and other sources. His accounts and vouchers shall...
...meeting of the board of directors of the Dining Association, the chairman of the auditing committee stated that until about the middle of January no exact statement of the actual cost of board for part of three months will be possible, as all outstanding bills will not have been presented to the bursar before that time. In the opinion of the auditing committee, the price of board, as charged in the term bills for the first third of the year 1881-2, is substantially correct. If, however, it should then appear that excess has been charged above the actual cost...
...sorry to notice a mean and cowardly attack upon our esteemed friend "Ephraim" in the last number of the Athenaeum. This gentleman has certainly not laid himself open to personal asperities; his reviews and criticisms have been distinguished for good temper, exact judgment, moderation, and ability; and his manly refusal to enter into any duel with the Athenaeum can only confirm us in our previous high opinion...
...large part to the "very erratic kite." But the Advocate has happily reduced the question to a mathematical formula, - the Alpha and Omega from which there is no appeal : Mr. Wright = Dowden + Furnivall + ???. This is very pretty, and it doubtless satisfies the ingenious inventors; but more exact Shaksperian scholars will not accept it as proof of the "lunacy" of either Mr. Dowden or Mr. Furnivall. We do not propose to defend the latter gentleman in the use of language which he doubtless regrets sincerely as do we ourselves; we do not propose to assent to any errors which...