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• toll — toll1 /tohl/, n. 1. a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or… …   Universalium

• toll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• toll — I [[t]toʊl[/t]] n. 1) a payment or fee exacted, as by the state, for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge 2) the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or calamity: The toll was 300… …   From formal English to slang

• toll — I. /toʊl / (say tohl) verb (t) 1. to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or especially for announcing a death. 2. to sound (a knell, etc.) or strike (the… …  

• toll — 1 n [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll]: a charge for the use of a transportation route or… …   Law dictionary

• levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… …   Law dictionary

• Levy — Lev y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levied} (l[e^]v [i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levying}.] 1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• toll — [n1] fee assessment, charge, cost, customs, demand, duty, exaction, expense, impost, levy, payment, price, rate, tariff, tax, tribute; concept 329 toll [n2] damage, deaths casualties, cost, expense, inroad, loss, losses, penalty, price; concept… …   New thesaurus

• levy — [n] assessment, tax burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll; concept 329 levy [v] assess, impose call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place,… …   New thesaurus

• Toll roads in the United States — See List of toll roads in the United States A toll road in the United States, especially near the east coast, is often called a turnpike . The term turnpike originated from pikes , which were long sticks that blocked passage until the fare was… …   Wikipedia

• Toll bridge — A toll bridge is a bridge over which traffic may pass upon payment of a fee, or toll. Some major facilities in combination with a tunnel are called a bridge tunnel complex. See Toll road for more information. History The practice of collecting… …   Wikipedia