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Definition of 'toll'Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), .
Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .
Noun
( en-noun)
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
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A fee 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, etc.
(label) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
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(label) A tollbooth.
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A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Derived terms
* death toll
* toll road
* toll bridge
( rel-mid)
* toll booth
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* tollgate
( rel-bottom)
References
Verb
( en-verb)
(label) To impose a fee for the use of.
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(label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
* Shakespeare
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(label) To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
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Etymology 2
Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by (toil)
Noun
( en-noun)
The act or sound of tolling
Verb
( en-verb)
(label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
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* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
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(label) To summon by ringing a bell.
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* Dryden
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(label) To announce by tolling.
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* Beattie
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Derived terms
*
Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), variation of (m), .
Alternative forms
* tole, toal
Verb
( en-verb)
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
(label) To tear in pieces.
(label) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
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(label) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).
Synonyms
* (to lure animals) , lure
Etymology 4
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
(label) To suspend.
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Similar to 'toll'ttyl, teal, tell, tall, tail, tool, till, toil, towel, tel, til, thoil, thiol, tewel, tael, twill, tweel, thial, thill, teel, twell, tahil, teil, thowl
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