toll

Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English, Old English toll (cognate with Dutch tol, German Zoll, Old Norse tollr), assimilated variant of Old English toln < Late Latin tolōnēum, for telōnēum < Greek telōneîon tollhouse, akin to telṓnēs tax collector, télos tax; (v.) Middle English tollen, derivative of the noun

Synonyms
3. tariff, levy, impost, exaction.

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verb (used with object) Also, tole (for defs 5, 6).

to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or especially for announcing a death.

to sound or strike (a knell, the hour, etc.) by such strokes: In the distance Big Ben tolled five.

to announce by this means; ring a knell for (a dying or dead person).

to summon or dismiss by tolling.

to lure or decoy (game) by arousing curiosity.

to allure; entice: He tolls us on with fine promises.

verb (used without object)

to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell.

noun

the act of tolling a bell.

one of the strokes made in tolling a bell.

10.

the sound made.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English tollen to entice, lure, pull, hence probably to make (a bell) ring by pulling a rope; akin to Old English -tyllan, in fortyllan to attract, allure

verb (used with object) Law.

to suspend or interrupt (as a statute of limitations).

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English tollen to remove, legally annul < Anglo-French tolre, tol(l)er < Latin tollere to remove, take away

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toll¹ (təʊl)

—vb
1.	to ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently
2.	(tr) to summon, warn, or announce by tolling
3.	(US), (Canadian) to decoy (game, esp ducks)

—n
4.	the act or sound of tolling

[C15: perhaps related to Old English -tyllan, as in fortyllan to attract]

toll² (təʊl, tɒl)

—n
1.	a. an amount of money levied, esp for the use of certain roads, bridges, etc, to cover the cost of maintenance
	b. (as modifier): toll road; toll bridge
2.	loss or damage incurred through an accident, disaster, etc: the war took its toll of the inhabitants
3.	Also called: tollage (formerly) the right to levy a toll
4.	(NZ) Also called: toll charge a charge for a telephone call beyond a free-dialling area

[Old English toln; related to Old Frisian tolene, Old High German zol toll, from Late Latin telōnium customs house, from Greek telónion, ultimately from telos tax]

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toll

"tax, fee," O.E. toll, variant of toln, cognate with O.N. tollr, O.Fris. tolen, O.H.G. zol, Ger. Zoll, representing an early Gmc. borrowing from L.L. tolonium "custom house," from L. telonium "tollhouse," from Gk. teloneion "tollhouse," from telones "tax-collector," from telos "tax" (see

tele-; for sense, cf. finance). Originally in a general sense of "payment exacted by an authority;" meaning "charge for right of passage along a road" is from 1477. Tollbooth is attested from 1314, originally meaning a tax collector's booth.

toll

"to sound with single strokes," 1452, probably a special use of tollen "to draw, lure," c.1220 variant of O.E. -tyllan in betyllan "to lure, decoy," and fortyllan "draw away, seduce," of obscure origin. The notion is perhaps of "luring" people to church with the sound of the bells, or of "drawing" on

the bell rope.

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