Definition of toll Toll
/towˈl/ - [towl] - toll
We found 41 definitions of toll from 7 different sources.
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What does toll mean?
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NounPlural: tolls |
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| toll - a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) | ||
| fee an interest in land capable of being inherited | ||
| toll - the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" | ||
| bell | ||
| sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" | ||
| knell the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something | ||
| toll - value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" | ||
| price, cost | ||
| value relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe | ||
Verb |
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| toll - ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" | ||
| knell, ring ring as in announcing death | ||
| toll - charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City" | ||
| levy, impose impose and collect; "levy a fine" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- toll (Noun)
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. - toll (Noun)
A fee for using a transportation facility such a road, bridge, or ferry. - toll (Noun)
A fee for using any kind of material processing service. - toll (Noun)
A tollbooth. - toll (Noun)
The act or sound of tolling. - toll (Verb)
To impose a fee for the use of. - toll (Verb)
To levy a toll on someone or something. - toll (Verb)
To take as a toll. - toll (Verb)
To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly. - toll (Verb)
To summon by ringing a bell. - toll (Verb)
To announce by tolling. - toll (Verb)
To draw; pull; tug; drag. - toll (Verb)
To tear in pieces. - toll (Verb)
To draw; entice; invite; allure. - toll (Verb)
To lure with bait especially, fish and animals. - toll (Verb)
To take away; to vacate; to annul. - toll (Verb)
To suspend.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- toll (v. t.)
To take away; to vacate; to annul. - toll (v. t.)
To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole. - toll (v. t.)
To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. - toll (v. t.)
To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. - toll (v. t.)
To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. - toll (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. - toll (n.)
The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated. - toll (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. - toll (n.)
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. - toll (n.)
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. - toll (v. i.)
To pay toll or tallage. - toll (v. i.)
To take toll; to raise a tax. - toll (v. t.)
To collect, as a toll.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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toll
The sound of a bell being struck.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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toll
tōl, n. a tax for the liberty of passing over a bridge or road, selling goods in a market, &c.: a portion of grain taken by a miller for grinding.—v.t. (Shak.) to exact as a tribute.—adj. Toll′able, subject to toll.—ns. Toll′age, payment of toll: the amount paid as toll; Toll′bar, a movable bar across a road, &c., to stop passengers liable to toll; Toll′booth, a booth where tolls are collected; Toll′bridge, a bridge where toll is taken; Toll′dish, a dish for measuring the toll in mills; Toll′er, Toll′-gath′erer; Toll′gate, a gate where toll is taken; Toll′house, the house of a toll-gatherer; Toll′man, the man who collects toll: a toll-gatherer; Tol′sey (obs.), a tollbooth: an exchange. [A.S. tol, toll; cf. Dut. tol, Ger. zoll; and tell, to count.] -
toll
tōl, v.i. to sound, as a large bell, esp. with a measured sound, as a funeral bell.—v.t. to cause to sound, as a bell: to strike, or signal by striking.—n. the sound of a bell when tolling.—n. Toll′er. [M. E. tollen, to pull—A.S. tyllan, in for-tyllan, to allure.] -
toll
tōl, v.t. (law) to take, annul. [L. tollĕre, to take away.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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toll
A demand, &c., at the Sound; hence the epithet of Sound dues.
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