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- DictionaryToll/tōl/
noun
- 1. a charge payable for permission to use a particular bridge or road: "turnpike tolls"
- 2. the number of deaths, casualties, or injuries arising from particular circumstances, such as a natural disaster, conflict, or accident: "the toll of dead and injured mounted"
verb
- 1. charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): "the transport minister opposes tolling existing roads"
1. a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing. 3. a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.
Definition of toll noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
5 days ago · A toll is a sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.
When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll. Another kind of toll is the charge to make a long distance telephone call. Occasionally, toll refers to a different kind of cost — a loss of human life: the human toll of an earthquake or war.
toll. noun. /toʊl/ [countable] money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge motorway tolls a toll road/bridge Thesaurus. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
toll noun (MONEY) Add to word list. money that you pay to use a bridge, road, etc. toll noun (NUMBER) the number of people who are killed or injured. See also. death toll. Idioms. take its toll. toll. verb [ I ] uk / təʊl / us. When a bell tolls, it rings slowly, especially because someone has died.
noun. a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing. a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.
