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nounvalue measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain somethingtype of:
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"she heard the distant toll of church bells"nounthe sound of a bell being struck
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nouna fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)type of:
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verbcharge a fee for using
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"For whom the bell tolls"verbring slowly
Definition that contains toll
- bikini an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons
- turnpike an expressway on which tolls are collected
- turnpike (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
- tollbooth a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
- tollman someone employed to collect tolls
- toller someone employed to collect tolls
- tollhouse a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
- tollgate a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid
- eniwetok an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs
- qibla a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa