toll

Meanings

Plural: tolls

Noun

a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
the sound of a bell being struck
- "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
A fee 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, etc.
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
A fee paid by the owner of materials or other goods for processing such goods, as under a tolling agreement.
A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
A tollbooth.
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.
The act or sound of ringing a bell, especially slowly, as with a church or cemetery bell.

Verb

ring slowly
- "For whom the bell tolls"
charge a fee for using
- "Toll the bridges into New York City"
To impose a fee for the use of.
To levy a toll on (someone or something).
To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
To summon by ringing a bell.
To announce by ringing a bell.
To make a sound as if made by a bell.
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
To tear in pieces.
To draw; entice; invite; allure.
To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
To suspend.
simple past and past participle of tell

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English toll m or n and toln f (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-West Germanic *toll, *tolnu, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz, *tullō (“that which is counted or told, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tol (“toll”), Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll, customs”). More at tell, tale.
Alternate etymology derives Old English toll, from Medieval Latin tolōneum, tolōnium, alteration (due to the Germanic forms above) of Latin telōneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (telṓnion, “toll-house”), from τέλος (télos, “tax”).

Synonyms

bait, bell, cost, lure, price

Scrabble Score: 4

toll is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
toll is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toll is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

toll is a valid Words With Friends word