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- Dictionarytoll/tōl/
noun
- 1. a charge payable for permission to use a particular bridge or road: "turnpike tolls" Similar
- 2. the number of deaths, casualties, or injuries arising from particular circumstances, such as a natural disaster, conflict, or accident: "the toll of dead and injured mounted" Similar
verb
- 1. charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): "the transport minister opposes tolling existing roads"
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1. : a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) 2. : compensation for services rendered: such as. a. : a charge for transportation. b. : a charge for a long-distance telephone call. 3. : a grievous or ruinous price. inflation has taken its toll. especially : cost in life or health.
an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances: They’re raising the bridge toll to $5.00. The number you dialed is a toll call – please deposit an additional fifty cents.
n. 1. a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing. 3. a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing.
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. American English : toll / ˈtoʊl /
A toll is a payment made for something. To drive on some highways, drivers have to pay a toll when they exit. Toll comes from the Greek word for "tax," telos. When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll.
Toll Definition. A tax or charge for a privilege, esp. for permission to pass over a bridge, along a highway, etc. A charge for service or extra service, as for transportation, for a long-distance telephone call, or, formerly, for having one's grain milled.
noun. /təʊl/ Idioms. [countable] money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge. motorway tolls. a toll bridge. the possibility of imposing tolls on some motorways. Wordfinder. see also e-toll Topics Transport by car or lorry c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
toll meaning: 1. money that you pay to use a bridge, road, etc 2. the number of people who are killed or injured…. Learn more.
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.
