toll

Plural: tolls

Noun

a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
the sound of a bell being struck
- "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
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.
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
A fee paid by the owner of materials or other goods for processing such goods, as under a tolling agreement.
A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
A tollbooth.
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.
The act or sound of ringing a bell, especially slowly, as with a church or cemetery bell.

Verb

Verb Forms: tolled, tolling, tolls

To collect a fixed charge for a service or privilege.
ring slowly
- "For whom the bell tolls"
charge a fee for using
- "Toll the bridges into New York City"
To impose a fee for the use of.
To levy a toll on (someone or something).
To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
To summon by ringing a bell.
To announce by ringing a bell.
To make a sound as if made by a bell.
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
To tear in pieces.
To draw; entice; invite; allure.
To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
To suspend.
simple past and past participle of tell

Examples

Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
His opponent tried to toll him of his high-value letters, but he smartly played ’ZAX’.
Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
I done toll you for the last time.
Martin tolled the great bell every day.
Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
The bells tolled the King’s death.
The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.
The war has taken its toll on the people.
We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English toll m or n and toln f (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-West Germanic *toll, *tolnu, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz, *tullō (“that which is counted or told, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tol (“toll”), Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll, customs”). More at tell, tale.
Alternate etymology derives Old English toll, from Medieval Latin tolōneum, tolōnium, alteration (due to the Germanic forms above) of Latin telōneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (telṓnion, “toll-house”), from τέλος (télos, “tax”).

Synonyms

bell, cost, price, bait, lure

Scrabble Score: 4

toll: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
toll: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toll: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

toll: valid Words With Friends Word