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1 turnpike
tr['tɜːnpaɪk]1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL autopista de peajeturnpike ['tərn.paɪk] n: carretera f de peajen.• autopista s.f.• autopista de peaje s.f.• barrera de portazgo s.f.a) ( highway) (AmE) autopista f de peaje or (Méx) de cuota['tɜːnpaɪk]N1) (Hist) barrera f de portazgo2) (US) (Aut) autopista f de peaje* * *a) ( highway) (AmE) autopista f de peaje or (Méx) de cuota -
2 turnpike
s.1 autopista de peaje (road) (Estados Unidos)2 puesto de peaje de carretera, barrera de portazgo. -
3 autopista
autopista sustantivo femenino expressway (AmE), motorway (BrE); autopista de peaje or (Méx) de cuota turnpike (road) (AmE), toll motorway (BrE);
autopista f GB motorway, US highway ' autopista' also found in these entries: Spanish: arcén - desembocar - peaje - salida - tomar - tramo - banquina - calzada - ir English: bypass - congested - exit - freeway - highway - information superhighway - interchange - motorway - service area - speed along - throughway - turnpike - U-turn - data - express - free - information - M - speed - superhighway - through - thru - turn -
4 peaje
peaje sustantivo masculino ( dinero) toll; ( lugar) toll barrier;
peaje sustantivo masculino
1 (pago, importe) toll: el peaje en esta autopista es muy caro, the toll on this motorway is very expensive
2 (lugar) toll gate ' peaje' also found in these entries: Spanish: autopista - barrera English: throughway - toll - tollgate - turnpike - free - turn
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Turnpike road — Turnpike Turn pike , n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turnpike road — noun see turnpike I, 3 … Useful english dictionary
Turnpike trusts in the United Kingdom — were bodies set up by Act of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways in Britain during the eighteenth century and nineteenth century. At the peak in the 1830s, over 1000 trusts [ Parliamentary Papers … Wikipedia
Turnpike — Turn pike , n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See {Turnstile}, 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Turnpike man — Turnpike Turn pike , n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Turnpike — Turn pike , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turnpiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turnpiking}.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turnpike — (n.) early 15c., spiked road barrier used for defense, from TURN (Cf. turn) + PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2) shaft. Sense transferred to horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led … Etymology dictionary
turnpike — /ˈtɜnpaɪk / (say ternpuyk) noun 1. (formerly) a. a barrier set across a road to stop passage until toll was paid; tollgate. b. a road on which a turnpike operated. 2. US a road for fast traffic, especially one maintained by tolls. {late Middle… …
turnpike — turn|pike [ˈtə:npaık US ˈtə:rn ] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: turnpike road (18 20 centuries), from turnpike turning post with sharp points fixed into it, used to control movement past it (15 18 centuries), from turn + PIKE4] AmE a large road for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
turnpike corporation — A private corporation engaged in operating a turnpike or toll road. turnpike road. Same as turnpike … Ballentine's law dictionary
turnpike — /terrn puyk /, n. 1. a high speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls. 2. (formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate. [1375 1425; late ME turnepike road barrier (in def. 1, short for… … Universalium