What is "toll" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does toll mean in English? Meaning of toll definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "toll" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "toll": a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

Noun

  • Meaning: a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
  • Synonyms: toll
  • Hypernyms: fee
  • Pronunciation in US: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /təʊl/, /tɒl/

    Meaning of "toll": ring slowly

    Verb

  • Meaning: ring slowly
  • Example: For whom the bell tolls
  • Synonyms: toll
  • Hypernyms: knell ring
  • Pronunciation in US: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /təʊl/, /tɒl/

    Meaning of "toll": value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

    Noun

  • Meaning: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
  • Example: the cost in human life was enormous the price of success is hard work what price glory?
  • Synonyms: cost price toll
  • Hyponyms: death toll
  • Hypernyms: value
  • Pronunciation in US: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /təʊl/, /tɒl/

    Meaning of "toll": charge a fee for using

    Verb

  • Meaning: charge a fee for using
  • Example: Toll the bridges into New York City
  • Synonyms: toll
  • Hypernyms: impose levy
  • Pronunciation in US: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /təʊl/, /tɒl/

    Meaning of "toll": the sound of a bell being struck

    Noun

  • Meaning: the sound of a bell being struck
  • Example: saved by the bell she heard the distant toll of church bells
  • Synonyms: bell toll
  • Hyponyms: angelus angelus bell knell
  • Hypernyms: sound
  • Pronunciation in US: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

    Pronunciation in UK: /təʊl/, /tɒl/

  • Adjective: Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. The war has taken its toll on the people.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.(business) A fee for using any kind of material processing service. We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.(US) A tollbooth. We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.(UK, law, obsolete) 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.
  • Synonyms:

    levy, price, tax, rate, cost, expense, tariff, payment, duty, exaction, customs, charge, demand, impost, assessment, tribute, loss, price, cost, expense, penalty, inroad, losses, casualties, clang, sound, bell, signal, summon, warn, peal, call, knell, announce, strike, chime, bong,

    Antonyms:

    conceal, refrain,

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