Toll
WordNet
noun
(1) 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?"
(2) The sound of a bell being struck
"Saved by the bell"
"She heard the distant toll of church bells"
(3) A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
verb
(4) Ring slowly
"For whom the bell tolls"
(5) Charge a fee for using
"Toll the bridges into New York City"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, apparently from , from , from . Compare Dutch , German , Swedish .
Noun
- A fee for using something, esp. of roads and bridges
- Loss or damage incurred through a disaster
- The war has taken its toll on the people.
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).
- To take as a toll.
Verb
- To make the noise of a bell
- For whom the bell tolls.
- To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
- To announce by tolling
- The bells tolled the King’s death.
- To suspend
- The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.