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Definition of Tolls

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Tole Tole (t[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toling.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.] Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.
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Toll Toll, v. t. [L. tollere. See Tolerate.] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
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Toll Toll, v. t. [See Tole.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole. 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. ``The sexton tolled the bell.' --Hood. 3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak. Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. --Beattie. 4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. --Dryden.
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Toll Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling.] To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak. Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.
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Toll Toll, n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
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Toll Toll, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak. 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. --Chaucer. No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominions. --Shak.
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Toll Toll, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like. 2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. 3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill. Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills. Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll. Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb. Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. --Brande & C. Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill. Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.
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Toll Toll, v. t. To collect, as a toll. --Shak.

Meaning of Tolls from wikipedia

- Look up toll, tolled, tolling, tolls, or tols in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toll may refer to: Toll (fee) a fee charged for the use of a road or...
- Pliny refer to tolls in Arabia and other parts of Asia. In India, before the fourth century BC, the Arthashastra notes the use of tolls. Germanic tribes...
- involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. Due to the po****rity of Hemingway's book, this text became...
- right to increase base tolls by up to 25 percent, but as of December 2024[update], Hochul directed the MTA not to raise tolls on gridlock alert days....
- Whom the Bell Tolls (film). For Whom the Bell Tolls at IMDb  For Whom the Bell Tolls at the TCM Movie Database For Whom the Bell Tolls at the AFI Catalog...
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- Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of it All)". Metallica later released it on "The Memory Remains" single, re-titled "For Whom the Bell Tolls (Haven't Heard...
- ramp tolls removed in the 1980s; Tydings Bridge toll remains Cross County Parkway — tolls removed in the early 1950s Hutchinson River Parkway — tolls removed...
- of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road. The practice of collecting tolls on bridges harks back to...
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