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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
Loss or
damage
incurred
through a disaster.
●
A
fee
paid
by the
owner
of
materials
or other
goods
for
processing
such
goods
, as under a
tolling
agreement.
●
In Business:
A
fee
for using any
kind of
material
processing
service.
●
In American English:
A tollbooth.
●
In British English & Law:
A
liberty
to
buy
and
sell
within the
bounds
of a manor.
●
A
portion
of
grain
taken
by a
miller
as a
compensation
for grinding.
●
The
act
or
sound
of tolling.
Verb
●
To
impose
a
fee
for the use of.
●
To
levy
a
toll
on (someone or something).
●
To take as a toll.
●
To
pay
a
toll
or tallage.
●
To
ring
(a
bell
)
slowly
and repeatedly.
●
To
summon
by
ringing
a bell.
●
To
announce
by tolling.
●
To make a
sound
as if
made by a bell.
●
To
draw
;
pull
;
tug
; drag.
●
To
tear
in pieces.
●
To
draw
;
entice
;
invite
; allure.
●
To
lure
with
bait
;
tole
(especially,
fish
and animals).
●
In Law:
To
take away
; to
vacate
; to annul.
●
In Law:
To suspend.
●
In African-American Vernacular English:
simple past
and
past participle
of tell
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
toll
English
tol
Middle English (1100-1500)
tolen
Middle English (1100-1500)
tolleo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Bait
Lure
Tole
Toal
Chime
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Burden
Impact
Fee
Tax
Casualties
Levy
Highway
Strain
Devastation
Fare
Surcharge
Railway
Detour
Tariff
Burdens
Route
Road
Cost
Deaths
Tram
Ticket
Expense
Payment
Effect
Roads
Vehicle
Motorway
Damage
Impacts
Bus
Fatalities
Epidemic
Traffic
Affect
Prevalence
Congestion
Menace
Congestion Charge
Body Count
Loss Of Life
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Rhymes
Sol
Mol
Pole
Toll
Soul
Kohl
Bole
Dole
Bowl
Nole
Cole
Sole
Vole
Role
Hole
Mole
Sowl
Joel
Goal
Dole
Pole
Foal
Coal
Dhole
Droll
Thole
Troll
Shoal
Swole
Whole
Stole
Seoul
Parole
Patrol
Stroll
Scroll
Cajole
Console
Condole
Bricole
Barcarole
Carmagnole
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