tolls

noun

  1. 1

    Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

    The war has taken its toll on the people.
  2. 2

    A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

  3. 3

    A fee for using any kind of material processing service.

    We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
  4. 4

    A tollbooth.

    We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
  5. 5

    A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

  6. 6

    A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

verb

  1. 1

    To impose a fee for the use of.

    Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
  2. 2

    To levy a toll on (someone or something).

  3. 3

    To take as a toll.

  4. 4

    To pay a toll or tallage.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or sound of tolling

verb

  1. 1

    To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

    Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
  2. 2

    To summon by ringing a bell.

    The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
  3. 3

    To announce by tolling.

    The bells tolled the King’s death.

verb

  1. 1

    To draw; pull; tug; drag.

  2. 2

    To tear in pieces.

  3. 3

    To draw; entice; invite; allure.

    Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
  4. 4

    To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To take away; to vacate; to annul.

  2. 2

    To suspend.

    The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.

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