toll

noun

1. A tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
2. A charge for transportation
3. A charge for a long-distance telephone call
4. A grievous or ruinous price

   "inflation has taken its toll"

verb

1. To take or levy toll
2. To exact part of as a toll
3. To take as toll
4. To exact a toll from (someone)

verb

1. To sound with slow measured strokes

   "the bell tolls solemnly"

2. To sound (a bell) by pulling the rope
3. To give signal or announcement of

   "the clock tolled each hour"

4. To announce by tolling

   "church bells tolled the death of the bishop"

5. To call to or from a place or occasion

   "bells tolled the congregation to church"

noun

1. The sound of a tolling bell

verb

1. Allure, entice
2. To entice (game) to approach
3. To attract (fish) with scattered bait
4. To lead or attract (domestic animals) to a desired point

noun

1. A long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate

adjective or adverb

1. Having or using a direct telephone line or number (such as an 800 number) for a long-distance call that is not charged to the caller

   "a toll-free number"

trademark

1. Used for cookies containing chocolate morsels

noun

1. A place where a driver stops to pay money before going onto a highway

noun

1. The number of people who die in an accident, disaster, war, etc.

   "Three people who were injured in the accident have died, pushing the death toll up to 116."