tolling

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 ²  (tl)

v. tolled, toll·ing, tolls

v.tr.

1. To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals.

2. To announce or summon by tolling.

v.intr.

To sound in slowly repeated single tones.

n.

1. The act of tolling.

2. The sound of a bell being struck.

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[Middle English tollen, to ring an alarm, perhaps from tollen, to entice, pull, variant of tillen, from Old English -tyllan.]

Translations

tolling [ˈtəʊlɪŋ] N → tañido m, doblar m

tolling

n no pl → Läuten nt