English Dictionary
Definition of “toll”
1toll1 (təʊl
)
Definitions
verb
- to ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently
- (tr) to summon, warn, or announce by tolling
- US Canadian to decoy (game, esp ducks)
noun
- the act or sound of tolling
Word Origin
C15: perhaps related to Old English -tyllan, as in fortyllan to attract
2toll2 (təʊl;tɒl)
Definitions
noun
- an amount of money levied, esp for the use of certain roads, bridges, etc, to cover the cost of maintenance
- ((as modifier) ⇒
toll road
toll bridge
- loss or damage incurred through an accident, disaster, etc ⇒
the war took its toll of the inhabitants
- Also called tollage(formerly) the right to levy a toll
- Also called toll chargeNew Zealand a charge for a telephone call beyond a free-dialling area
Word Origin
Old English toln; related to Old Frisian tolene, Old High German zol toll, from Late Latin telōnium customs house, from Greek telónion, ultimately from telos tax
Synonyms
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charge,
tax,
fee,
duty,
rate,
demand,
payment,
assessment,
customs,
tribute,
levy,
tariff,
impost,
Translations
- British English:
toll
A toll is a sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.You have to pay a toll to drive across the bridge.təʊl NOUN You have to pay a toll to drive across the bridge.
- Spanish:
peaje
nm
- French:
péage
nm
- German:
Maut
nf
- Chinese: 通行费 n
- Arabic: رَسْم n
- Portuguese: repicar do sino nm
- Russian: колокольный звон nm
- Croatian: cestarina nf
- Czech: zvonění nnt
- Danish: omkostning nutr
- Dutch: tolgeld nnt
- Finnish: kellonlyönti n
- Greek: διόδια npl
- Italian: pedaggio nm
- Japanese: 鐘の音 n
- Korean: 종치기 n
- Norwegian: bompenger npl
- Polish: opłata (za przejazd) nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: pedágio nm
- European Spanish:
peaje
nm
- Swedish: avgift nutr
- Thai: การตีระฆัง n
- Turkish: çan sesi n
- Vietnamese: sự rung chuông n
Usage examples
The energy suddenly seemed to go out of her, as the old vocabulary took its toll.
Clive Barker, THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)Almost a century of past global greenhouse gas emissions will take their toll on the UK.
Country Life (2004)Had she made it inside, the death toll would have been far higher.
Globe and Mail (2003)The death toll was expected to rise to at least 300. One survivor, 31-year-old Jose Fernandez Vega, said many had been in the flames.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The effort of running around the showground had taken its toll on me.
Jan Fennell, FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
