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toll

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noun (1)

ˈtōl How to pronounce toll (audio)
1
: a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
2
: compensation for services rendered: such as
a
: a charge for transportation
b
: a charge for a long-distance telephone call
3
: a grievous or ruinous price
inflation has taken its toll
especially : cost in life or health
the death toll from the hurricane

toll

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verb (1)

tolled; tolling; tolls

intransitive verb

: to take or levy toll

transitive verb

1
a
: to exact part of as a toll
b
: to take as toll
2
: to exact a toll from (someone)

toll

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verb (2)

tolled; tolling; tolls

intransitive verb

: to sound with slow measured strokes
the bell tolls solemnly

transitive verb

1
: to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope
2
a
: to give signal or announcement of
the clock tolled each hour
b
: to announce by tolling
church bells tolled the death of the bishop
c
: to call to or from a place or occasion
bells tolled the congregation to church

toll

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noun (2)

: the sound of a tolling bell

toll

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verb (3)

ˈtōl How to pronounce toll (audio)
variants or tole
tolled or toled; tolling or toling

transitive verb

1
: allure, entice
2
a
: to entice (game) to approach
b
: to attract (fish) with scattered bait
c
: to lead or attract (domestic animals) to a desired point

Synonyms

Verb (2)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear

Verb (2)

Middle English, to pull, drag, toll (a bell), perhaps alteration of toilen to struggle — more at toil

Verb (3)

Middle English tollen, tolen; akin to Old English fortyllan to seduce

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Verb (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (3)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of toll was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing toll

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