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- Dictionarytoll/təʊl/
noun
- 1. a charge payable to use a bridge or road: "motorway tolls" Similar
- 2. the number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc.: "the toll of dead and injured mounted" Similar
verb
- 1. charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): "the transport minister opposes tolling existing roads"
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an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances: They’re raising the bridge toll to $5.00. The number you dialed is a toll call – please deposit an additional fifty cents.
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.
A toll is a sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road. You have to pay a toll to drive across the bridge. American English : toll / ˈtoʊl /
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.
n. 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.
to have a bad effect on somebody/something; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, pain, etc. Illness had taken a heavy toll on her. The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets. The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.
A toll is a payment made for something. To drive on some highways, drivers have to pay a toll when they exit. Toll comes from the Greek word for "tax," telos. When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll.
