toll
- toll
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noun
1 money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ highway (in the US), motorway (in the UK), road
VERB + TOLL
▪ charge, collect, exact, impose, levy
▪ the possibility of imposing tolls on some roads
▪ pay
TOLL + NOUN
▪ bridge, highway (in the US), motorway (in the UK), road
▪ booth (usually tollbooth), plaza, station (both AmE)
▪ charge
2 amount of damage done/number of people killed
ADJECTIVE
▪ devastating, enormous, great, heavy, high, huge, terrible, tragic
▪ mounting, rising
▪ the mounting death toll
▪ final
▪ casualty, death, injury (esp. BrE)
▪ civilian, human
▪ emotional, physical, psychological
VERB + TOLL
▪ exact, take
▪ The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.
▪ The recession is taking its toll.
▪ estimate
TOLL + VERB
▪ mount, rise
▪ The death toll from yesterday's crash is still rising.
▪ reach sth
▪ The casualty toll could reach 200.
▪ stand at sth
▪ The death toll stands at 37.
PREPOSITION
▪ toll on
▪ Illness has taken a heavy toll on her.
PHRASES
▪ bring the toll to
▪ This brings the death toll to 86.
▪ put the toll at
▪ The latest estimates put the death toll at 15 000.
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb
Toll is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑
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toll! — toll! … Deutsch Wörterbuch
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
Toll — Toll, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; originally, that which is counted out in payment. See {Tale} number.] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toll — steht für: Toll!, eine satirische Rubrik des TV Politmagazins Frontal21 Toll Holdings, ein australisches Transportunternehmen Toll Rail, ehemalige neuseeländische Bahngesellschaft verrückt für ein Stückmaß, siehe Toll (Einheit) Toll ist der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Toll — Toll, er, este, adj. & adv. ein Wort, in welchem der Begriff einer Art eines ungestümen Geräusches der herrschende zu seyn scheinet. Es bedeutet überhaupt, ein solches ungestümes betäubendes Geräusch verursachend und darin gegründet. 1. Im… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
toll — [təʊl ǁ toʊl] noun 1. [countable] TRANSPORT the money you have to pay to use a particular road, bridge etc: • In parts of the USA tolls are charged for motorways. • Revenue is raised through customs duties and road tolls. 2. take a/its toll on… … Financial and business terms
toll — und voll: völlig betrunken; eine verstärkende Reimformel; ursprünglich ›Voll und toll‹, so noch oft bei Luther, z.B. ›An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation‹ (Werke I, 298b). »ßo wurdenn sie zu Rom mercken, das, die deutschen nit alletzeit tol … Das Wörterbuch der Idiome
toll — Adj. (Grundstufe) ugs.: sehr gut, ausgezeichnet Synonyme: super (ugs.), klasse (ugs.), fantastisch, himmlisch Beispiele: Das Buch ist wirklich toll. Sie sieht toll aus. toll Adj. (Aufbaustufe) unwahrscheinlich und deshalb kaum glaubhaft Synonyme … Extremes Deutsch
Toll — Toll, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. [1913 Webster] 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toll — Ⅰ. toll [1] ► NOUN 1) a charge payable to use a bridge or road or (N. Amer. ) for a long distance telephone call. 2) the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc. 3) the cost or damage resulting from something. ●… … English terms dictionary
Toll — Toll, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] [1913 Webster] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
