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# toll

«toll» in Mova's school dictionary: **money you must pay to use a road, bridge or tunnel** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a toll, tolls; the toll); verb (toll, tolls, tolled, tolling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A toll is money you must pay to use a road, bridge or tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#m1)

2) The toll of a disaster is the number of people killed or hurt, as in «the death toll». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#m2)

3) To take a toll (on) means to cause damage, harm or tiredness over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#m3)

4) To toll means for a large bell to ring slowly again and again, often for a death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#m4)

5) A toll-free number is a phone number you can call without paying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths word problems, tolls are costs to add up; in geography, toll roads and bridges; in news, «the death toll rose»; in stories, church bells tolling for a funeral; phrases: toll road, toll booth, death toll, take its toll.

### examples

- We paid a toll to cross the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x1)
- The toll booth had a long queue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x2)
- The flood's death toll was sadly high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x3)
- Late nights took their toll on Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x4)
- The church bell tolled for the old king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x5)
- The toll road costs $4 each way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x6)
- Call the toll-free number for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x7)
- "Cling, clang," tolled the hyacinth bells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/#x8)

### note

Countable: a toll, tolls. Maths: «a $3 toll each way» means pay $3 going and $3 coming back = $6. Do not confuse with «tall» or «troll».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toll» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.