Definitions for toll



Overview of noun toll

The noun toll has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) toll

(a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance))

2. (1) price, cost, toll

(value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?")

3. bell, toll

(the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells")


Overview of verb toll

The verb toll has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) toll

(ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls")

2. toll

(charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City")

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