death toll

: a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital 2a) functions : the end of life — compare brain death

: an instance of dying

: the cause or occasion of loss of life

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

: compensation for services rendered: such as

: a charge for transportation

: to take or levy toll

: to exact part of as a toll

: to take as toll

: to sound with slow measured strokes

: to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope

: to give signal or announcement of

: the sound of a tolling bell

: allure, entice

: to entice (game) to approach

: to attract (fish) with scattered bait