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A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road.
(noun)
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A charge for a service, such as a long-distance telephone call.
(noun)
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An amount or extent of loss or destruction, as of life, health, or property: "Poverty and inadequate health care take their toll on the quality of a community's health” ( Los Angeles Times).
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To exact as a toll.
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To charge a fee for using (a structure, such as a bridge).
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.