toll
noun
1. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
Definition categories: possession, fee
2. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
Definition categories: attribute, value
3. the sound of a bell being struck
- she heard the distant toll of church bells
Similar word(s): bell
Definition categories: event, sound
Sentences with toll as a noun:
- The war has taken its toll on the people.
- We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
- We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
verb
1. ring slowly
- For whom the bell tolls
Definition categories: perception, knell, ring
2. charge a fee for using
- Toll the bridges into New York City
Definition categories: possession, impose, levy
Sentences with toll as a verb:
- Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
- Martin tolled the great bell every day.
- Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
- The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
- The bells tolled the King’s death.
- Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
- The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.