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Definition of toll noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    toll

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//toʊl//
     
     
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  1. 1[countable] money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge motorway tolls a toll road/bridge Thesaurusrate
    • charge
    • fee
    • rent
    • fine
    • fare
    • toll
    These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.
    • rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:a low hourly rate interest rates
    • charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:an admission charge a rental charge
    • fee (somewhat formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:legal fees an annual membership fee
    • rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a home or an office
    • fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:a parking fine
    • fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
    • toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.
    Patterns
    • (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll for something
    • (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll on something
    • at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare of…
    • for a charge/fee
    • to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll
    • to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll
  2. 2[countable, usually singular] the amount of damage or the number of deaths and injuries that are caused in a particular war, disaster, etc. The official death toll has now reached 7,000. the war's growing casualty toll Every hour, the news bulletin reported the mounting toll of casualties.
  3. 3[singular] the sound of a bell ringing with slow, regular strokes
  4. 4[countable] a charge for a telephone call that is calculated at a higher rate than a local call
    5. Idioms
    take a heavy toll (on somebody/something), take its toll (on somebody/something)
     
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    to have a bad effect on someone or something; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc. Illness had taken a heavy toll on her. The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.
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