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   toll

   /təʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a charge payable to use a bridge or road: "motorway tolls" Similar chargefeepaymentlevytariffduestaxdutyimpost
   • ▪ a charge for a long-distance telephone call. North American
   • 2. the number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc.: "the toll of dead and injured mounted" Similar numbercounttallytotalrunning totalsum totalgrand totalsumscorereckoningenumerationregisterrecordinventorylistlistingaccountrollrosterindexdirectory
   • ▪ the adverse effect of something: "the environmental toll of the policy has been high" Similar adverse effect(s)undesirable consequence(s)detrimentharmdamageinjuryhurtcostpricelossdisadvantagesufferingpenalty

   verb

   • 1. charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): "the transport minister opposes tolling existing roads"

   Word Origin Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion ‘toll house’, from telos ‘tax’. toll1 (sense 2 of the noun) (late 19th century) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death).

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   What is the meaning of toll?

   • Toll refers to a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, such as passage along a road or over a bridge. It can also mean the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing. Additionally, toll is used to describe a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.

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   Where does the word Toll come from?

   • Toll comes from the Greek word for "tax," telos. When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll. Another kind of toll is the charge to make a long distance telephone call. Occasionally, toll refers to a different kind of cost — a loss of human life: the human toll of an earthquake or war.

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   What is a toll & how does it work?

   • A toll is a payment made for something. To drive on some highways, drivers have to pay a toll when they exit. Toll comes from the Greek word for "tax," telos. When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll. Another kind of toll is the charge to make a long distance telephone call.

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   What is a toll road?

   • A toll is a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road. A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it. A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time. There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.

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   What does 'toll' mean in a person?

   • The term 'toll' does not directly refer to a person. In the provided context from Urban Dictionary, it is used as an adjective meaning 'great' or 'very'. Therefore, the Question is not directly related to the Passage.

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   Is a toll a tax?

   • A toll is a user fee, not a tax. If you don’t use the facility, you don’t pay for it. You only pay a toll when you choose to drive on a toll road for a higher level of convenience, reliability or safety. Toll customers, through the fuel they consume, also pay their share of local, state and federal taxes to fund non-toll roads that are open to all.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTOLL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances: They’re raising the bridge toll to $5.00. The number you dialed is a toll call – please deposit an additional fifty cents.

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   The meaning of TOLL is a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge). How to use toll in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTOLL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A toll is a sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.

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   1. a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing. 3. a tax, duty, or tribute, as for services or use of facilities.

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   a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300 persons dead or missing.

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   When a fee is charged for the privilege of driving on a road or crossing a bridge, it's called a toll. Another kind of toll is the charge to make a long distance telephone call. Occasionally, toll refers to a different kind of cost — a loss of human life: the human toll of an earthquake or war.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › tollMeaning of toll – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TOLL definition: 1. money that you pay to use a bridge, road, etc 2. the number of people who are killed or injured…. Learn more.