TOLL
/toΚl/
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Definition
/toΚl/
noun
- Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.“The war has taken its toll on the people.”
- A fee 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, etc.
- A fee for using any kind of material processing service.“We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.”
- A tollbooth.“We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.”
- A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
verb
- To impose a fee for the use of.“Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.”
- To levy a toll on (someone or something).
- To take as a toll.
- To pay a toll or tallage.
Source: Wiktionary
