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[[t]toʊl[/t]]
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[/ex]
3) a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities
4) tgp a payment made for a long-distance telephone call
5) a compensation for services, as for transportation or transmission
6) to collect (something) as toll
7) to impose a tax or toll on (a person)
8) to collect toll; levy toll
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Etymology:
bef. 1000; ME, OE (c. OHG zol, ON tollr), by-form of OE toln < LL tolōnēum, for telōnēum < Gk telōneîon tollhouse, ult. der. of télos tax
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toll
[[t]toʊl[/t]]
v. t.
1) to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated
2) to sound or strike (a knell, the hour, etc.) by such strokes
3) to announce by this means; ring a knell for (a dying or dead person)
4) to summon or dismiss by tolling
to allure; entice.
6) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell
7) the act of tolling a bell
8) one of the strokes made in tolling a bell
9) the sound made
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Etymology:
1175–1225; ME: to entice, lure, pull, hence prob. to make (a bell) ring by pulling a rope
toll′er, n.
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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Look at other dictionaries:
toll! — toll! … Deutsch Wörterbuch
toll — 1 n [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll]: a charge for the use of a transportation route or… … Law dictionary
Toll — Toll, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; originally, that which is counted out in payment. See {Tale} number.] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Toll — Toll, er, este, adj. & adv. ein Wort, in welchem der Begriff einer Art eines ungestümen Geräusches der herrschende zu seyn scheinet. Es bedeutet überhaupt, ein solches ungestümes betäubendes Geräusch verursachend und darin gegründet. 1. Im… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
toll — [təʊl ǁ toʊl] noun 1. [countable] TRANSPORT the money you have to pay to use a particular road, bridge etc: • In parts of the USA tolls are charged for motorways. • Revenue is raised through customs duties and road tolls. 2. take a/its toll on… … Financial and business terms
toll — und voll: völlig betrunken; eine verstärkende Reimformel; ursprünglich ›Voll und toll‹, so noch oft bei Luther, z.B. ›An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation‹ (Werke I, 298b). »ßo wurdenn sie zu Rom mercken, das, die deutschen nit alletzeit tol … Das Wörterbuch der Idiome
toll — Adj. (Grundstufe) ugs.: sehr gut, ausgezeichnet Synonyme: super (ugs.), klasse (ugs.), fantastisch, himmlisch Beispiele: Das Buch ist wirklich toll. Sie sieht toll aus. toll Adj. (Aufbaustufe) unwahrscheinlich und deshalb kaum glaubhaft Synonyme … Extremes Deutsch
Toll — Toll, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. [1913 Webster] 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toll — Ⅰ. toll [1] ► NOUN 1) a charge payable to use a bridge or road or (N. Amer. ) for a long distance telephone call. 2) the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc. 3) the cost or damage resulting from something. ●… … English terms dictionary
Toll — Toll, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] [1913 Webster] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
