toll
🇺🇸
/təʊl/
🇬🇧
/təʊl/
noun
C1
Money paid to use a road or bridge
You must pay a toll to cross this bridge.
C1
The number of deaths or injuries from a war or disaster
The earthquake's toll included many casualties.
R
The slow, regular sound of a bell
The church bell began to toll at noon.
R
A higher charge for a long-distance phone call
This call has a toll because it's long distance.
verb
R
To ring a bell slowly, often for a death
The bell will toll to mark the hour.
translation
Money paid to use a road or bridge; The number of deaths or injuries from a war or disaster; The slow, regular sound of a bell; A higher charge for a long-distance phone call
To ring a bell slowly, often for a death
Word Forms
3rd Present
tolls
Past
tolled
Perfect
tolled
Progressive
tolling
Plural
tolls