Noun | 1. | toll - a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) |
2. | 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?" | |
3. | toll - the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" Synonyms: bell | |
Verb | 1. | toll - ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" |
2. | toll - charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City" |
TOLL, contracts. A sum of money for the use of something, generally applied
to the consideration which is paid for the use of a road, bridge, or the
like, of a public nature. Toll is also the compensation paid to a miller for
grinding another person's grain.
2. The rate of taking toll for grinding is regulated by statute in most
of the states. See 2 Hill. Ab. oh. 17; 6 Ad. & Ell. N. S. 31,; 6 Q. B. 3 1.
TO TOLL, estates, rights. To bar, defeat, or take away; as to toll an entry into lands, is to deny. or take away the right of entry.
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