TOLL
\tˈə͡ʊl], \tˈəʊl], \t_ˈəʊ_l]\
Definitions of TOLL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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ring slowly, of bells; "For whom the bell tolls"
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a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
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the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
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ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls"
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charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"
By Princeton University
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To take away; to vacate; to annul.
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To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
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To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.
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To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.
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To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
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To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
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The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
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A tax 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, or the like.
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A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
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A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
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To pay toll or tallage.
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To take toll; to raise a tax.
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To collect, as a toll.
By Oddity Software
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To take away; to vacate; to annul.
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To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
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To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.
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To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.
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To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
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To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
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The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
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A tax 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, or the like.
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A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
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A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
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To pay toll or tallage.
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To take toll; to raise a tax.
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To collect, as a toll.
By Noah Webster.
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The sound of a bell slowly and evenly repeated, as during funerals; a duty or tax on travelers or goods passing along a public road or bridge; a tax or duty paid for some privilege; pay taken for services; as, a miller takes toll for grinding grain.
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To sound or ring slowly, as a bell.
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To ring with slow, heavy strokes; announce by slow strokes; as, to toll the hour; to ring slow, even strokes for, as during a funeral; as, to toll a departed bishop.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A tax for the liberty of passing over a bridge or road, selling goods in a market, etc.: a portion of grain taken by a miller for grinding.
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To sound, as a large bell.
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To cause to sound, as a bell: to strike, or signal by striking.
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The sound of a bell when tolling.
By Daniel Lyons
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A tax for some liberty; sum paid for use of a road, bridge, &c.; proportion of meal taken by a miller as his pay for grinding; sound of a large bell rung slowly.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A net, snare, or other trap.
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To sound, as a bell, with single strokes at uniform intervals.
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The sound of a bell rung slowly and regularly.
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To take, as toll; take or pay toll.
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A charge, as for passing on a bridge or turnpike.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Greek, French, Latin] A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway;- an excise upon goods ; a mulct of a part for the free passage of the rest;-a portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
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n. The sounding of a bell with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
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