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: such asa : a charge for transportationb : 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
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Origin and Etymology 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
toll
Definition of toll
intransitive verb
: to take or levy toll
transitive verb
1a : to exact part of as a tollb : to take as toll
2 : to exact a toll from (someone)
First Known Use of toll
14th century
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toll
Definition of toll
intransitive verb
: to sound with slow measured strokes the bell tolls solemnly
transitive verb
1 : to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope
2a : to give signal or announcement of the clock tolled each hourb : to announce by tolling church bells tolled the death of the bishopc : to call to or from a place or occasion bells tolled the congregation to church
Origin and Etymology of toll
Middle English, to pull, drag, toll (a bell), perhaps alteration of toilen to struggle — more at toil
First Known Use of toll
15th century
Origin and Etymology of toll
Middle English tollen, tolen; akin to Old English fortyllan to seduce
TOLL Defined for Kids
Definition of toll for Students
1 : a tax paid for a privilege (as the use of a highway or bridge)
2 : a charge paid for a service
3 : the cost in life or health
Definition of toll for Students
tolled
;tolling
1 : to announce or call by the sounding of a bell The clock tolled midnight.
2 : to sound with slow strokes Bells tolled solemnly.
Law Dictionary
toll
Legal Definition of toll
: a charge for the use of a transportation route or facility; broadly : a charge for use a water toll
Origin and Etymology of toll
Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll
toll
Legal Definition of toll
transitive verb
1 : to take away (as a right)
2a : to remove the effect of the court did not toll the statute of repose after the statutory period had expired b : suspend 2a toll the running of the statute of limitations — compare run
intransitive verb
: to be suspended statute of limitations tolls for a period of seventy-five days following the notice — Parker v. Yen, 823 S.W.2d 359 (1991)
Origin and Etymology of toll
Anglo-French tollir toller to take away, make null, bar, ultimately from Latin tollere to lift up, take away
toll
Legal Definition of toll
: a suspension of effect the court extended the statute of limitations toll
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