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Toll Tolled Bridge Pay Order Road Verb Bell

word toll
definition
verb
When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died .
Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered.
The pilgrims tolled the bell.
noun
A toll is a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.
A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it.
A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time.
There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.
...the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.
inflections tollstollingtolled
cefr-level C1

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