Meaning Of The Word Toll

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A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time.
A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it.
countable noun: A toll is a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.
verb: When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died.

toll in American English 1
a tax or charge for a privilege, esp. for permission to pass over a bridge, along a highway, etc.
intransitive verb: to collect toll; levy toll
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
transitive verb: to collect (something) as toll

toll in American English 2
to allure or entice; esp., to decoy (game, etc.)
to sound or ring slowly in regularly repeated strokes
intransitive verb: to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell
noun: the act of tolling a bell
transitive verb: to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or esp. for announcing a death

toll in American English 3
transitive verb: to suspend or interrupt (as a statute of limitations)

toll in British English 1
noun: the act or sound of tolling
verb: to ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently

toll in British English 2
noun: an amount of money levied, esp for the use of certain roads, bridges, etc, to cover the cost of maintenance

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