Definition of Toll
1. Noun. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).
2. Verb. Ring slowly. "For whom the bell tolls"
3. Noun. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. "What price glory?"
Generic synonyms: Value
Specialized synonyms: Death Toll
Derivative terms: Cost, Costly
4. Verb. Charge a fee for using. "Toll the bridges into New York City"
5. Noun. The sound of a bell being struck. "She heard the distant toll of church bells"
Generic synonyms: Sound
Specialized synonyms: Knell, Angelus, Angelus Bell
Derivative terms: Bell
Definition of Toll
1. v. t. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. v. t. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
3. v. i. To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
4. n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
5. n. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
6. v. i. To pay toll or tallage.
7. v. t. To collect, as a toll.
Definition of Toll
1. to collect or impose a toll (a fixed charge for a service or privilege) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Toll
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