toll

IPA: tˈoʊɫ

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.
(business, by extension) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
(US) A tollbooth.
(UK, law, obsolete) 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.
A surname.

Examples of "toll" in Sentences

The figures of the death toll vary.
Toll is charged to the south of the bridge.
As floodwaters recede, Sandy's death toll grows.
The toll is adjusted quarterly according to the CPI.
Most of the road is only usable upon the payment of toll.
As of 2007, years of ocean submersion have taken their toll.
As of 2010, years of ocean submersion have taken their toll.
The bridge was the longest automobile toll bridge in the world.
According to Texas law, not paying the toll is a misdemeanor offense.
This hostelry was the site of the former toll bar on the then turnpike road.
The only down side was the cost of the tollroad, as you know the toll is assesed per axle.
Florida's transportation department wants to switch to what it calls a toll-by-plate system, where cameras will snap a picture of your license and send you a bill.