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tollhouse

 
Dictionary: toll·house   (tōl'hous') pronunciation

n.
  1. A house adjoining a tollgate and occupied by a toll collector.
  2. See tollbooth1.

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Architecture: tollhouse
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1. A house near a tollgate of a highway or bridge, serving as the residence of the keeper.
2. A tollbooth.


Archaeology Dictionary: tollhouse
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A building constructed beside a turnpike road where tolls were collected from travellers passing through the turnpike and which provided accommodation for the toll collector.

WordNet: tollhouse
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
  Synonyms: tollbooth, tolbooth


Translations: Tollhouse
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - toldstation

Nederlands (Dutch)
tolhuis

Français (French)
n. - péage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zollhaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φυλάκιο διοδίων

Italiano (Italian)
dogana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - posto de portagem (m)

Русский (Russian)
таможня

Español (Spanish)
n. - casa del peajero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tullhus

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
通行税征收处

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 通行稅徵收處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 통행료 징수소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 料金所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكتب لتحصيل المكوس, , مكتب ألمكوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית מכס, שוקו-צ'יפ (עוגיות)‬


 
 
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