toll in Kashmiri कॉशुर
toll in Sindhi سنڌي
toll in Telugu తెలుగు
toll in English
- toll⇄noun 1. a stroke or sound of a bell being tolled.
2. the act or fact of tolling. - toll⇄noun 1. a tax or fee paid for some right or privilege.
Ex. We pay a toll when we use that bridge.
2. the right to collect tolls.
3. a charge for a certain service. There is a toll on long-distance telephone calls.
4. (Figurativ - toll⇄toll (1), verb, noun.
- toll⇄toll (2), noun, verb.
- toll⇄toll (3), transitive verb.
(Dialect.)
1. to attract; entice; allure.
2. to lure (animals such as ducks) by arousing curiosity; decoy. Also, tole. - toll⇄v.i. to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated.
Ex. Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee (John Donne). - toll⇄v.i. to take or collect toll; exact or levy toll.
- toll⇄v.t. to collect tolls from; take as toll.
- toll⇄v.t. 1. to cause to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated.
Ex. Bells were tolled all over the country at the President's death.
2. to call or announce by tolling.