English to English
toll
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noun (n)
- a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- the sound of a bell being struck(noun.event)Example:
She heard the distant toll of church bells.
source: wordnet30 - The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- ring slowly(verb.perception)Example:
For whom the bell tolls.
source: wordnet30 - charge a fee for using(verb.possession)Example:
Toll the bridges into New York City.
source: wordnet30 - To take away; to vacate; to annul.(verb)source: webster1913
- To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To pay toll or tallage.(verb)source: webster1913
- To collect, as a toll.(verb)source: webster1913