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toll1

/təʊl

noun

1A charge payable to use a bridge or road: motorway tolls [as modifier]: a toll bridge...

Local governments throughout China have increasingly been using tolls on roads and bridges as a means of supplementing their income.
Nobody should be surprised by the Government's plans for road tolls, but I, for one, have been shocked by the reaction from some quarters of the fleet industry.
The goal of this project is to shift discretionary traffic out of the peak period by reducing the existing tolls on two bridges during the shoulder times before and after the morning and evening rush-hour peaks.

Synonyms

charge, fee, payment, levy, tariff, dues, tax, duty, impost

1.1North American A charge for a long-distance telephone call.A lot of its advocates propose that Internet telephony avoids the tolls charged generated from traditional telephone service....

Another complaint is that with conventional long distance toll charges falling, the cost savings are not really significant.

2 [in singular] The number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc. the toll of dead and injured mounted...

People want measures to reduce the toll of accidents, deaths and serious injuries that occur with alarming regularity on the A64.
Last year, West Yorkshire recorded a toll of 102 deaths and serious injuries, the lowest number since records began 35 years ago.
It is believed some children are still being held - more than 400 have been rescued, but the death and casualty toll varies wildly.

Synonyms

number, count, tally, total, running total, sum total, grand total, sum, score, reckoning, enumeration, register, record, inventory, list, listing, account, roll, roster, index, directory

2.1The adverse effect of something: the environmental toll of the policy has been high...

Even those costs shrivel beside the environmental toll.
And veterans of all ages continue to die at epidemic rates from suicides and other effects of the mental toll their wartime experiences took.
At the end of life, pain can exact a terrible toll through its direct effect on the patient and the fear it instills in both the patient and the family members.

Synonyms

adverse effect(s), undesirable consequence(s), detriment, harm, damage, injury, hurt;

cost, price, loss, disadvantage, suffering, penalty

verb [with object] (usually as noun tolling)

Charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): the report advocates motorway tolling...

They are also relaxed about the prospect of tolling the new road.
He also concurred with the association's view that tolling the second bridge would result in up to 30% of road users avoiding the bridge so as not to pay the charge.
A spokesperson said that no decision had been taken on tolling the new bypass.

Phrases

take its toll (or take a heavy toll)

Origin

Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion 'toll house', from telos 'tax'. sense 2 of the noun (late 19th century) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death).

Rhymes

toll2

/təʊl

verb

1(With reference to a bell) sound or cause to sound with a slow, uniform succession of strokes, as a signal or announcement: [no object]: the cathedral bells began to toll for evening service [with object]: the priest began tolling the bell...

Today the bell will toll for the last time at Chippenham Livestock Market when the final beast goes up for sale.
Presently, the Church bell began to toll, signalling that the nightly curfew was about to begin.
He quickly seated himself as a bell tolled, signaling the start of class.

1.1 [with object] (Of a bell) announce or mark (the time, a service, or a person’s death): the bell of St Mary’s began to toll the curfew...

Livra's words had set a bell tolling the death knell in the king's head.
Finally just as fashion had contributed to the rise of hairwork, so did it toll its death knell.
The rising share of foreign businesses in China's delivery market could toll the demise of less prepared domestic carriers

noun [in singular]

A single ring of a bell: she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll...

Even after he had heard the toll of the bell ring, it took him another full minute to safely retrieve his finger.
An album of cinema-flavoured music, it opens with a single, western-style bell toll.
It was a beautiful sound, almost like the echo of a bell toll.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably a special use of dialect toll 'drag, pull'.

单词	toll
释义	toll1 /təʊl / noun 1A charge payable to use a bridge or road: motorway tolls [as modifier]: a toll bridge... Local governments throughout China have increasingly been using tolls on roads and bridges as a means of supplementing their income. Nobody should be surprised by the Government's plans for road tolls, but I, for one, have been shocked by the reaction from some quarters of the fleet industry. The goal of this project is to shift discretionary traffic out of the peak period by reducing the existing tolls on two bridges during the shoulder times before and after the morning and evening rush-hour peaks. Synonyms charge, fee, payment, levy, tariff, dues, tax, duty, impost 1.1North American A charge for a long-distance telephone call.A lot of its advocates propose that Internet telephony avoids the tolls charged generated from traditional telephone service.... Another complaint is that with conventional long distance toll charges falling, the cost savings are not really significant. 2 [in singular] The number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc. the toll of dead and injured mounted... People want measures to reduce the toll of accidents, deaths and serious injuries that occur with alarming regularity on the A64. Last year, West Yorkshire recorded a toll of 102 deaths and serious injuries, the lowest number since records began 35 years ago. It is believed some children are still being held - more than 400 have been rescued, but the death and casualty toll varies wildly. Synonyms number, count, tally, total, running total, sum total, grand total, sum, score, reckoning, enumeration, register, record, inventory, list, listing, account, roll, roster, index, directory 2.1The adverse effect of something: the environmental toll of the policy has been high... Even those costs shrivel beside the environmental toll. And veterans of all ages continue to die at epidemic rates from suicides and other effects of the mental toll their wartime experiences took. At the end of life, pain can exact a terrible toll through its direct effect on the patient and the fear it instills in both the patient and the family members. Synonyms adverse effect(s), undesirable consequence(s), detriment, harm, damage, injury, hurt; cost, price, loss, disadvantage, suffering, penalty verb [with object] (usually as noun tolling) Charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): the report advocates motorway tolling... They are also relaxed about the prospect of tolling the new road. He also concurred with the association's view that tolling the second bridge would result in up to 30% of road users avoiding the bridge so as not to pay the charge. A spokesperson said that no decision had been taken on tolling the new bypass. Phrases take its toll (or take a heavy toll) Origin Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion 'toll house', from telos 'tax'. sense 2 of the noun (late 19th century) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death). Rhymes barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, troll, vole, whole toll2 /təʊl / verb 1(With reference to a bell) sound or cause to sound with a slow, uniform succession of strokes, as a signal or announcement: [no object]: the cathedral bells began to toll for* evening service* [with object]: the priest began tolling the bell... Today the bell will toll for the last time at Chippenham Livestock Market when the final beast goes up for sale. Presently, the Church bell began to toll, signalling that the nightly curfew was about to begin. He quickly seated himself as a bell tolled, signaling the start of class. 1.1 [with object] (Of a bell) announce or mark (the time, a service, or a person’s death): the bell of St Mary’s began to toll the curfew... Livra's words had set a bell tolling the death knell in the king's head. Finally just as fashion had contributed to the rise of hairwork, so did it toll its death knell. The rising share of foreign businesses in China's delivery market could toll the demise of less prepared domestic carriers noun [in singular] A single ring of a bell: she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll... Even after he had heard the toll of the bell ring, it took him another full minute to safely retrieve his finger. An album of cinema-flavoured music, it opens with a single, western-style bell toll. It was a beautiful sound, almost like the echo of a bell toll. Origin Late Middle English: probably a special use of dialect toll 'drag, pull'.
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