toll

¹toll

noun \ˈtōl\

Definition of TOLL

1

: a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)

2

: compensation for services rendered: as a : a charge for transportation b : a charge for a long-distance telephone call

3

: a grievous or ruinous price <inflation has taken its toll>; especially : cost in life or health <the death toll from the hurricane>

Origin of TOLL

Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Transportation Terms

camber, corduroy, demurrage, milestone

Rhymes with TOLL

bole, boll, bowl, coal, cole, Cole, dhole, dole, droll, foal, goal, hole, knoll, kohl, Kohl, mole, ole, pole, poll, prole, role, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sol, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, tole, troll, vole, whole