Definition of Toll

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Definition of Toll

Toll

To take away; to vacate; to annul.

To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.

To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.

To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.

To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.

The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

To pay toll or tallage.

To take toll; to raise a tax.

To collect, as a toll.

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Toll Quotations

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
Wayne Gretzky

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.
Kinky Friedman

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.
Puff Daddy

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.
Maureen O'Hara

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.
Christiane Amanpour

It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
Calamity Jane

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on.
Tony Visconti

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
Omar Bongo

In some ways I'm still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I've gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.
Christopher Darden

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
Jamie Lee Curtis

Toll Translations

toll in Spanish is peaje

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