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toll ¹  (tl)

n.

1. A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road.

2. A charge for a service, such as a long-distance telephone call.

3. An amount or extent of loss or destruction, as of life, health, or property: "Poverty and inadequate health care take their toll on the quality of a community's health" Los Angeles Times.

tr.v. tolled, toll·ing, tolls

1. To exact as a toll.

2. To charge a fee for using (a structure, such as a bridge).

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[Middle English, from Old English, variant of toln, from Medieval Latin tolnum, from Latin telnum, tollbooth, from Greek telneion, from telns, tax collector, from telos, tax; see tel- in Indo-European roots.]

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toll ¹

Verb

1. to ring (a bell) slowly and regularly

2. to announce by tolling: the bells tolled the Queen's death

Noun

the slow regular ringing of a bell [origin unknown]

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toll ²

Noun

1. a charge for the use of certain roads and bridges: the Skye bridge toll

2. loss or damage from a disaster: the annual death toll on the roads is about 4500

3. take a or its toll to have a severe and damaging effect: the continued stress had taken a toll on her health [Old English toln]

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Toll a clump of trees, 1644.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	toll - a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
	2.	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?" cost, price value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
	3.	toll - the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" bell sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" knell - the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something angelus, angelus bell - the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited
Verb	1.	toll - ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" knell, ring - make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
	2.	toll - charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City" levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine"

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toll ¹

verb 1. ring, sound, strike, chime, knell, clang, peal

verb 2. announce, call, signal, warn of

noun 3. ringing, ring, tolling, chime, knell, clang, peal

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toll ²

noun 1. charge, tax, fee, duty, rate, demand, payment, assessment, customs, tribute, levy, tariff, impost

noun 2. damage, cost, loss, roll, penalty, sum, number, roster, inroad

noun 3. adverse effects, price, cost, suffering, damage, penalty, harm

Translations

toll [təul] n [of casualties] → número de víctimas (= tax, charge); peaje m

vi [bell] → doblar

toll [təul] n (= tax, charge) → péage m

vi [bell] → sonner;

the accident toll on the roads → le nombre des victimes de la route

toll [təul] n [of casualties, deaths] → (Gesamt)zahl f;

(tax, charge) → Gebühr f

vi [bell] → läuten;

the work took its toll on us → die Arbeit blieb nicht ohne Auswirkungen auf uns

toll [təul] n (= tax, charge) → pedaggio

vi [bell] → suonare;

the accident toll on the roads → il numero delle vittime della strada

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toll¹

v toll [təul]

to ring (a bell) slowly The church bell tolled solemnly. lui, stadig lui يَدُق звъня vyzvánět ringe läuten χτυπώ πένθιμα (για καμπάνα) tañer, doblar kella lööma, helisema به صدا درآمدن soittaa, soida sonner לְצַלצֵל राहदारी zvoniti harangoz; szól membunyikan lonceng hringja (klukku/bjöllu) hægt og hátíðlega suonare 鳴らす (종을) 천천히 치다; (종이) 천천히 울리다 skambėti zvanīt (par zvanu) membunyikan luiden ringe (med langsomme slag) dzwonić dobrar a bate звонить в колокол vyzváňať zvoniti zvoniti ringa, klämta ตีระฆัง ağır ağır çalmak 緩慢而有規律地敲鐘 повільно і розмірено бити в дзвін; благовістити آہستہ آہستہ بجانا rung chuông 缓慢而有规律地敲钟