toll

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /təʊl/ or /tɒl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /toʊl/ or /tɒl/

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Noun

Singular toll

Plural tolls

A toll gate on a path in Somerset

1. A toll is money you must pay to use a facility.

   A toll house was used to collect toll (payment) to travel on a road.

2. A toll is a cost, or something bad that happens because of something.

   My illness has taken its toll, making me too sick to work.

3. A toll is the sound made by a large bell.

   She could hear toll of the church bell.

Verb

Plain form toll

Third-person singular tolls

Past tense tolled

Past participle tolled

Present participle tolling

1. To toll is to ring a large bell slowly.

   He climbed the tower so he could help toll the church bell.

Synonyms

• cost
• price
• charge
• (not literal) consequence, result, effect
• chime
• ring
• knell

Related words

• toll road