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Synonyms
toll1 (tōl)

[Middle English, from Old English, variant of toln, from Medieval Latin tolōnīum, from Latin telōnēum, tollbooth, from Greek telōneion, from telōnēs, tax collector, from telos, tax.]

noun 

  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)

transitive verb: tolled, toll·ing, tolls. 

  1. To exact as a toll.
  2. To charge a fee for using (a structure, such as a bridge).
toll2 (tōl)

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

verb: tolled, toll·ing, tolls. 

transitive verb 

  1. To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals.
  2. To announce or summon by tolling.

intransitive verb 

To sound in slowly repeated single tones.

noun 

  1. The act of tolling.
  2. The sound of a bell being struck.