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toll1

  (tōl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road.
  2. A charge for a service, such as a long-distance telephone call.
  3. An amount or extent of loss or destruction, as of life, health, or property: “Poverty and inadequate health care take their toll on the quality of a community's health” (Los Angeles Times).
tr.v., tolled, toll·ing, tolls.
  1. To exact as a toll.
  2. To charge a fee for using (a structure, such as a bridge).

[Middle English, from Old English, variant of toln, from Medieval Latin tolōnīum, from Latin telōnēum, tollbooth, from Greek telōneion, from telōnēs, tax collector, from telos, tax.]


toll2 (tōl) pronunciation

v., tolled, toll·ing, tolls.

v.tr.
  1. To sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals.
  2. To announce or summon by tolling.
v.intr.

To sound in slowly repeated single tones.

n.
  1. The act of tolling.
  2. The sound of a bell being struck.

[Middle English tollen, to ring an alarm, perhaps from tollen, to entice, pull, variant of tillen, from Old English -tyllan.]


 
 

1. To bar, defeat. To toll the Statute of Limitations is to suspend the limitation.

2. Charge for the use of another's property.

3. Consideration for the use of roads, bridges, ferries, or other public facilities.

 
Thesaurus: toll1

noun

  1. A fixed amount of money charged for a privilege or service: charge, exaction, fee. See money, pay/owe, transactions.
  2. A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something: cost, expense, price, sacrifice. See transactions.
toll2

verb

    To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound: bong, chime, knell, peal, ring2, strike. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

 

Sum levied on users of certain roads, canals, bridges, tunnels, and other such travel and transportation infrastructure, primarily to pay for construction and maintenance. Tolls were known in the ancient world and were widely used in medieval Europe as a means of supporting bridge construction. Canal building, which became extensive in Europe in the 18th – 19th centuries, was financed chiefly by tolls, and many major roads were built by private companies with the right to collect tolls. In the U.S. the National Road, built beginning in 1806, was initially financed through the sale of public land, but maintenance problems led Congress to authorize tolls. Toll roads diminished in the latter part of the 19th century, but the idea was revived with the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the 1930s, and after World War II many states built toll expressways. In many countries tolls are also used to finance long-span bridges, major tunnels, and highways. They have also been blamed for both reducing, and abetting, rush-hour traffic congestion. Canal tolls are still charged in some parts of the world, notably on the Suez and Panama canals.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A sum of money paid for the right to use a road, highway, or bridge. To postpone or suspend. For example, to toll a statute of limitations means to postpone the running of the time period it specifies.

 
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The sound of a bell being struck. Also: A fee levied for the use of roadways.

pronunciation And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. — John Donne (1572-1631)

 
Wikipedia: Toll (gene)

The Toll genes encode members of the Toll-like receptor class of proteins. ("Toll" is German for "amazing" or "mad".) Toll genes were originally identified in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in 1988. Since then, eleven known mammalian Toll genes have been identified.

In flies, Toll was first identified as a gene important in embryogenesis in establishing the dorsal-ventral axis. In 1996, Toll was found to have a role in the fly's immunity to fungal infections. Both mammalian and invertebrate Toll genes are required for innate immunity.

Toll-like receptors in mammals were identified in 1997 at Yale University by Ruslan Medzhitov and Charles Janeway.

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Translations: Translations for: Toll

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - afgift, bompenge, broafgift
v. tr. - opkræve afgift

idioms:

  • take its toll    kræver sin mand, kræver meget
  • toll bridge    bro med broafgift
  • toll call    amerikansk rigssamtale (telefoni)
  • toll gate    toldbom
  • toll road    afgiftsbelagt vejstrækning

2.
v. intr. - klokkeslag
v. tr. - ringe med klokken
n. - klokkeslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
luiden, prijs, tol(geld), klokgelui

Français (French)
1.
n. - (gén, Transp) péage, (US, Télécom) taxe d'appel, nombre (de victimes)
v. tr. - acquitter un péage

idioms:

  • take its toll    faire des ravages (tremblement de terre)
  • toll bridge    pont à péage
  • toll call    (US) communication interurbaine
  • toll gate    barrière de péage
  • toll road    route à péage

2.
v. intr. - sonner
v. tr. - sonner
n. - (gén) son, glas

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Zoll, Tribut
v. - Zoll erheben von

idioms:

  • take its toll    seinen Tribut fordern
  • toll bridge    gebührenpflichtige Brücke
  • toll call    Ferngespräch
  • toll gate    Zollschranke
  • toll road    gebührenpflichtige Straße

2.
v. - läuten, schlagen
n. - Glockengeläut, Glockenschlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διόδια, τέλη διέλευσης, βαρύ τίμημα, φόρος αίματος, πένθιμη κωδωνοκρουσία, (ΗΠΑ) υπεραστικά τηλεφωνικά τέλη
v. - χτυπώ την καμπάνα πένθιμα, σημαίνω την ώρα

idioms:

  • take its toll    προκαλώ απώλειες, έχω θύματα
  • toll bridge    γέφυρα με διόδια
  • toll call    υπεραστικό τηλεφώνημα
  • toll gate    πύλη διοδίων, διόδια
  • toll road    οδός μετά διοδίων

Italiano (Italian)
suonare, annunciare, pedaggio, scampanio

idioms:

  • take its toll    costare
  • toll bridge    ponte a pedaggio
  • toll call    telefonata interurbana
  • toll gate    porta a pedaggio
  • toll road    strada a pedaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedágio (m), dobre de sino (m), tarifa (f), imposto (m)
v. - cobrar ou pagar portagem

idioms:

  • take its toll    fardo (m), carga pesada (f)
  • toll bridge    ponte com portagem (f)
  • toll call    ligação interurbana entre cidades próximas (f)
  • toll gate    barreira de portagem (f)
  • toll road    estrada com portagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
звонить в колокол, колокольный звон, благовест, похоронный звон, пошлина, плата за пользования дорогой, плата за перевоз груза/фрахта

idioms:

  • take its toll    причинить ущерб кому/чему-л.
  • toll bridge    мост с платным проездом
  • toll call    междугородний телефонный разговор
  • toll gate    застава, где взимается плата/пошлина
  • toll road    платный (автомобильный) шоссе

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - peaje
v. tr. - cobrar o pagar peaje, derecho o tributo

idioms:

  • take its toll    afectar, provocar pérdida o daño
  • toll bridge    puente de peaje
  • toll call    llamada interurbana, conferencia
  • toll gate    barrera de peaje
  • toll road    carretera de peaje

2.
v. intr. - doblar, sonar la campana
v. tr. - tocar, tañer, señalar o llamar con toque de campana
n. - toque de campanas, tañido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tull, avgift, andel
v. - ta ut tull, tulla, betala tull

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 通行费, 服务费, 使用费, 长途电话费, 向...征收捐税

idioms:

  • take its toll    造成损失或伤害
  • toll bridge    收费桥
  • toll call    长途电话
  • toll gate    收费站, 关卡
  • toll road    收费道路

2. 敲, 发出, 鸣报, 召唤, 缓慢而反复地敲响, 钟声, 丧钟声

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 通行費, 服務費, 使用費, 長途電話費
v. tr. - 向...徵收捐稅

idioms:

  • take its toll    造成損失或傷害
  • toll bridge    收費橋
  • toll call    長途電話
  • toll gate    收費站, 關卡
  • toll road    收費道路

2.
v. tr. - 敲, 發出, 鳴報, 召喚
v. intr. - 緩慢而反復地敲響
n. - 鐘聲, 喪鐘聲

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 도로 사용세, 희생
v. tr. - ~에게 사용료를 부과하다

idioms:

  • take its toll    ~에 손해를 끼치다, 잃게 하다

2.
v. intr. - (종이 일정한 간격을 두고 천천히) 울리다
v. tr. - (종을) 울려서 알려주다
n. - 종을 울림, 종소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - おびき寄せる, まく, 使用料を課する, 誘いに応ずる, 鐘を鳴らす, 知らせる
n. - 鐘の音, 鐘を鳴らすこと, 使用料, 長距離電話料, 使用税徴収権, 遺憾な代価, 犠牲, 租税

idioms:

  • take its toll    被害をもたらす
  • toll bridge    通行料金を取る橋
  • toll call    長距離電話
  • toll gate    トウルゲート
  • toll road    有料道路

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزيه, ضريبه, مكس أو رسم على عبور طريق أو جسر (فعل) يقرع ناقوسا, يفرض أو يأخذ رسما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מס-דרכים, מס, מס-עגינה, מחיר, קציר-דמים‬
v. tr. - ‮הטיל מס, גבה כמס‬
v. intr. - ‮צילצל צלצולים אטיים ואחידים‬
v. tr. - ‮צילצל, הודיע בצלצול‬
n. - ‮צלצול‬


 
 

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