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Noun: toll  tówl
  1. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
     
  2. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
    - price, cost
     
  3. The sound of a bell being struck
    "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
    - bell
Verb: toll  tówl
  1. Ring slowly
    "For whom the bell tolls"
     
  2. Charge a fee for using
    "Toll the bridges into New York City"

Sounds like: tole

Derived forms: tolls, tolling, tolled

See also: toller, toll-free

Type of: fee, impose, knell, knoll [archaic], levy, ring, sound, value

Encyclopedia: Toll