Complete Definition of "toll"

see|töll|Tõll
English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��l|-��l

Pronunciation 1
RP IPA|/t��l/ or /t�l/
(General) IPA|/t��l/ or /t�l/

Noun
en-noun

  1. A fee for using something, esp. of roads and bridges
  2. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster

#:the war has taken its toll on the people

Derived terms
death toll
toll road
toll bridge
toll booth
tollgate

Translations

Chinese: ��費, ��费 (t�ngxíng fèi)
Dutch: tol f
French: péage m
German: Abgabe f
Greek: ���ο� (fóros) m
Hebrew: ��ר� (agra) f
Italian: tributo m
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Japanese: ��� (tsūk�ry�)
Korean: ��� (tonghaengse)
Old English: toll#Old English|toll n
Portuguese: pedágio m
Russian: по�лина (póšlina) f
Spanish: peaje m

Pronunciation 2
RP IPA|/t��l/
(General) IPA|/t��l/

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act or sound of tolling

Verb
en-verb

  1. To make the noise of a bell

#:For whom the bell tolls.

  1. To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
  2. To announce by tolling

#:The bells tolled the King�s death.
#legal To suspend
#:The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant|defendant�s wrongful conduct.

Translations
;to make the noise of a bell
Chinese: � (qi�o)
Czech: zvonit
French: sonner
German: läuten
Italian: suonare
Portuguese: anunciar
Russian: позвони�� (pozvonít�)
Spanish: tocar


Catalan

Noun
toll

  1. pool

Category:Catalan nouns


German

Etymology
Old High German tol

Adjective
toll

  1. crazy

See also
cool#German|cool
geil

Category:German adjectives


Hungarian

Noun
toll

  1. feather
  2. pen

Category:Hungarian nouns


Irish

Verb
toll

  1. to bore

Category:Irish verbs


Old English

Etymology
Borrowed into Germanic (*tolla-) from vulgar Latin toloneum, from late Latin teloneum, from Greek �ελ�νιον �toll-house�, from �έλο� �tax�. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon tol (Dutch tol), Old High German zol (German Zoll), Old Norse tollr (Swedish tull). See also parallel forms represented by Old English toln.

Pronunciation
IPA|/tol:/

Noun
toll n

  1. tax, toll, fare

Category:Old English nouns

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